Morosaphycita

Morosaphycita
Morosaphycita morosalis
Morosaphycita oculiferella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Morosaphycita
Horak, 1997[1]

Morosaphycita is a genus of Pyralidae, subfamily Phycitinae. The species of this genus are only known from Africa[2] and Australia/Oriental region.

Species

  • Morosaphycita cirtensis (Ragonot, 1890)
  • Morosaphycita cleopatrella (Ragonot, 1887)
  • Morosaphycita dibursella Leraut G., 2019
  • Morosaphycita dubia (Balinsky, 1994) (Balinsky, 1994)
  • Morosaphycita interniplagella (Ragonot, 1888) (Ragonot, 1888)
  • Morosaphycita modesta (Balinsky, 1994) (Balinsky, 1994)
  • Morosaphycita morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
  • Morosaphycita oculiferella (Meyrick, 1879)
  • Morosaphycita tridens Horak, 1997 (Queensland)
  • Morosaphycita maculata (Staudinger, 1876) (Korea)
  • Morosaphycita bispinosa Horak, 1997 (Australia)
  • Morosaphycita poliochyta (from Australia)

There remain a number of unplaced species, as:[3]

  • Morosaphycita cornutella (Amsel, 1951)
  • Morosaphycita asbolalis
  • Morosaphycita c-album
  • Morosaphycita orthosiella

References

  1. ^ Horak, Marianne (1997). "The phycitine genera Faveria Walker, Morosaphycita, gen. nov., Epicrocis Zeller, Ptyobathra Turner and Vinicia Ragonot in Australia (Pyralidae: Phycitinae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 11 (3). CSIRO Publishing: 333. doi:10.1071/it96002. ISSN 1445-5226.
  2. ^ "Afromoths.net". www.afromoths.net.
  3. ^ "Morosaphycita". ftp.funet.fi.