Type specimens containing 'SAMC'

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Adelidae

Ceromitia arata Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 2♂, TMSA.

Ceromitia geminata Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 4♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Ceromitia melanostrota Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Ceromitia mitrata Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♀, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Ceromitia somphodes Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Ceromitia spatalodes Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Alucitidae

Alucita brachyzona (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Alucita habrophila (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Autostichidae

Morotripta fatigata Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide W. Mey 63/09♂, lacking head and right forewing (see W. Mey 2011: 195), SAMC.

Oegoconia syndesma Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Batrachedridae

Batrachedra oemias Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Enscepastra lathraea (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Enscepastra longirostris Meyrick, 1926

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Enscepastra plagiopa Meyrick, 1920

4 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Blastobasidae

Blastobasis taricheuta Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide D. Adamski, SAMC.

Brachodidae

Nigilgia pseliota (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♀, SAMC (dissected but slide not found, see A. Kallies 2016: 30).

Nothobrachodes infanda (Meyrick, 1920)

Syntypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Nothobrachodes nycteropis (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Bucculatricidae

Bucculatrix agilis Meyrick, 1920

5 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Carposinidae

Carposina siturga Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♀, type no SAM-LEP-A017958, abdomen missing (see W. Mey 2019g: 295), SAMC.

Cecidosidae

Scyrotis athleta Meyrick, 1909

Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10352♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány, BMNH; Paralectotypes 3♀, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10238♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Scyrotis granosa (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 172♂, wing slide 24, SAMC.

Choreutidae

Choreutis entechna (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Coleophoridae

Augasma nidifica Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Coleophora eremodes Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Coleophora megaloptila Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Coleophora niphocrossa Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 102♀, SAMC.

Copromorphidae

Copromorpha aeruginea Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Cosmopterigidae

Ascalenia albitergis Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Cosmopterix antichorda Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, SAMC.

Cosmopterix titania Koster, 2016

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide J. C. Koster 7486♂, RMNH; Paratypes 23♂, 3♀, genitalia slides J. C. Koster 8017♂, 7262♀, 7263, 7692♂, 8022♂, TMSA, SAMC, RMNH.

Dorodoca eometalla Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Stagmatophora basanistis Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Crambidae

Aurotalis similis Bassi, 1999

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide Bassi 3439♀, TMSA; Paratypes 3♂, 2♀, genitalia slides Bassi 3381, 3445, 3618, 3930, Pyralidae 16425, TMSA, SAMC, BMNH.

Caffrocrambus angulilinea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G. Bassi 4433♂, SAMC.

Crambus proteus Bassi & Mey, 2011

Holotype ♂, TMSA; Paratypes 19♂, 24♀, genitalia slides G. Bassi 3578♂, 3771♂, 3753♀, 5193, 5210, TMSA, SAMC, MfN, coll. Kroon, Bassi.

Daulia auriplumbea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Eoophyla munroei Agassiz & Mey, 2011

Holotype ♂, TMSA; Paratypes 14♂, 17♀, genitalia slides BMNH Pyralidae 21453, 21454, TMSA, SAMC, MfN, BMNH.

Palpita angustimargo (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Depressariidae

Agonopterix communis (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Agonopterix compacta (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Agonopterix crypsicosma (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Agonopterix grammatopa (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Agonopterix homogenes (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Depressaria panurga Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Depressaria prospicua Meyrick, 1914

Syntypes 3♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Depressaria rhodoscelis Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Ethmia leucocirrha Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ethmia pericentrota Meyrick, 1926

3 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC.

Odites artigena (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Odites crocota Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Odites insons Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Odites inversa Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Odites metaphracta Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Odites obvia Meyrick, 1914

7 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Odites superscripta Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)

Syntypes 2♀, SAMC.

Orophia tetrasticta (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Orophia xanthosarca (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Orygocera aulica (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Orygocera imbellis (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Pisinidea exsuperans Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Dryadaulidae

Eressoxesta doxochares (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide L. Vári 196♀, wing slide 48, SAMC.

Elachistidae

Elachista justificata Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Elachista merimnaea Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Epermeniidae

Ochromolopis ithycentra Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Erebidae

Corgatha albigrisea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Eublemma illimitata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Euonychodes albivenata Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Naarda ovaliplaga Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Olapa nigribasis (Janse, 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Plecopterodes deprivata Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921

Holotype, SAMC.

Polypogon venata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Eriocottidae

Cathalistis orinephela Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 137♂, wing slide 5, SAMC.

Compsoctena araeopis (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 149♂, SAMC.

Compsoctena autoderma (Meyrick, 1914)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 62), genitalia slide 150♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 6♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Compsoctena brachyctenis (Meyrick, 1909)

Paralectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 62), SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, SAMC.

Compsoctena dermatodes (Meyrick, 1914)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 64), genitalia slide 154♂, wing slide 40, SAMC; Paralectotypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Compsoctena fossoria (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 155♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Compsoctena leucoconis (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 158♂, SAMC.

Compsoctena microctenis (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 160♂, SAMC.

Picrospora achlyota (Meyrick, 1926)

Lectotype ♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány & Vári (1973: 187), genitalia slide L. Vári 192♂, wing slide 44, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10301, BMNH [in original description 3 specimens cited].

Picrospora anastrota Meyrick, 1912

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 89), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 189♂, wing slide 29, SAMC; Paralectotypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Picrospora araea Meyrick, 1912

Lectotype ♂, abdomen missing, designated by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 89), genitalia slide 3214♂, wing slide 3403, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10235♂, BMNH.

Picrospora chrysochalca (Meyrick, 1926)

Lectotype ♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány & Vári (1973: 187), genitalia slide L. Vári 143♂, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide Gozmány 10151♂, BMNH [in the original description 4 specimens were mentioned].

Picrospora crocostacta (Meyrick, 1912)

Lectotype ♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány & Vári (1973: 187), genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10152♂, BMNH; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10151♂, SAMC.

Picrospora furcifera (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 119♂, wing slide 16, SAMC.

Picrospora isometra (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 136♂, SAMC.

Picrospora lithacopa Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♀, designated by L. A. Gozmány & L. Vári (1973: 187), genitalia slide L. Vári 190♀, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10236♀, BMNH.

Picrospora medicata (Meyrick, 1914)

Lectotype ♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány & Vári (1973: 188), genitalia slide L. Vári 144♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 6♂, genitalia slide Vári 208♂, SAMC, L. A. Gozmány 10150♂, BMNH.

Picrospora ochrophragma (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány & Vári (1973: 188), genitalia slide L. Vári 146♂, wing slide 13, SAMC; 3 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10237, BMNH.

Picrospora secura (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 138♂, wing slide 11, SAMC.

Tetracladessa chalcoxesta (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 109), genitalia slide L. Vári 194♂, wing slide 46, SAMC; Paralectotype ♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10300♂, BMNH.

Eupterotidae

Marmaroplegma conspersa Aurivillius, 1921

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Euteliidae

Eutelia fulvigrisea Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Gelechiidae

Anarsia permissa Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Aproaerema oxyspila (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Araeovalva albiflora (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, SAMC.

Aristotelia ptilastis Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♀ (not ♂ as mentioned in the original description, see A. J. T. Janse 1950: 114), SAMC.

Asapharcha strigifera Meyrick, 1920

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Athrips helicaula (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Athrips ptychophora (Meyrick, 1914)

4 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Dactylethrella chionitis (Meyrick, 1910)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Dichomeris caeca (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Dichomeris fluitans Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Dichomeris interamna Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Dichomeris ithyaula Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Dichomeris orthacma Meyrick, 1926

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Dichomeris torrefacta (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Encolpotis xanthoria Meyrick, 1909

5 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Ephysteris infirma (Meyrick, 1912)

6 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Ephysteris photinopa (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Erikssonella permagna (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Furcaphora triscelis (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Gelechia liberata Meyrick, 1910

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Gelechia omphalopis Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Hypatima melanecta (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ischnocraspedus peracuta (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; 3 Paratypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909)

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Khoisa eusebasta (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Khoisa panaula (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Megacraspedus serica Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Neotelphusa ochlerodes (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Nothris leucodoxa (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♀, SAMC; Paratypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Ochrodia ericnista (Meyrick, 1914)

4 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Parexaula isomima Meyrick, 1909

3 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Pyncostola hiberna (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♀, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Pyncostola magnanima (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Pyncostola melanatracta (Meyrick, 1910)

6 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Pyncostola oeconomica Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Pyncostola pachyacma Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Pyncostola pentacentra (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Pyncostola perlustrata Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype ♂, BMNH.

Schizovalva catharodes (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Schizovalva sarcographa (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Schizovalva triplacopis (Meyrick, 1912)

Syntypes 2♂, SAMC.

Scrobipalpa chersophila (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; 3 Paratypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Scrobipalpa incola (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♀, abdomen missing (see O. Bidzilya 2021b: 13), SAMC.

Scrobipalpa phelotris (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Sophronia aquilex Meyrick, 1926

Holotype, abdomen missing (see A. J. T. Janse 1960: 170), SAMC; Paratypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Stomopteryx anxia (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Symbatica cryphias Meyrick, 1910

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Telphusa iriditis Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Thymosopha antileuca Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Geometridae

Aethiopodes stictoneura (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes, BMNH.

Allochlorodes elpis Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Aphilopota approximans (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Aphilopota phanerostigma Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Aphilopota phanerostigma Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Argyrophora intervenata (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide SAMC 9C12, SAMC.

Biclavigera rufivena (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Cabera pseudognophos (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Chiasmia abnormata (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Chiasmia birecta (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 3♂, BMNH, not traced (see M. Krüger 2001a: 235).

Chiasmia bitaeniata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Chiasmia dentilineata [to replace] (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Chiasmia diarmodia (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Chiasmia exosciodes (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Chiasmia extrusilinea (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes (number not stated, see Krüger 2001a: 136), genitalia slide 1395, 10881, TMSA, BMNH.

Chiasmia inaequilinea (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Chiasmia inaequilinea (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Chiasmia punctilinea (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 2♂, BMNH.

Chloroclystis tumefacta Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Conchylia actena Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Conchylia canescens (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Conchylia lamellata Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Drepanogynis amydrogramma Krüger, 2002

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 34-08♂, SAMC; Paratypes 2♂, genitalia slide 14238♂, type no 9278, TMSA.

Drepanogynis athroopsegma Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide SAMC 9-15, SAMC.

Drepanogynis bipartita (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Drepanogynis canilinea (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Drepanogynis dochmoleuca (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Drepanogynis kalahariensis Krüger, 2002

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 9732♂, type no 9182, TMSA; Paratypes 1♂, 6♀, genitalia slides 9733, 9734, TMSA, SAMC.

Drepanogynis leptodoma Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Drepanogynis orthobates (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Drepanogynis pero Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide SAMC 34-09♀, SAMC.

Drepanogynis renitens (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Drepanogynis robertsoni (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♂, SAMC [not found, see M. Krüger 2002: 44]; Paratype ♂, genitalia slide 1386♂, TMSA.

Drepanogynis rufigrisea (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Drepanogynis strigifera (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Drepanogynis subochrea (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Drepanogynis unilineata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 9-12♂, SAMC.

Drepanogynis valida (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC (probably lost, see M. Krüger 2002: 78).

Ectropis paracopa Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ectropis sublimbata (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Epigynopteryx fulva (Warren, 1897)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Eupithecia licita Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 4♂, 2♀, SAMC.

Eupithecia rediviva Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes ♂, SAMC, BMNH, TMSA.

Eupithecia subcanipars Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♀, not ♂ as stated in the orginal description (see A. J. T. Janse 1933: 45), SAMC.

Eupithecia subconclusaria Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Eupithecia vepallida Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Hebdomophruda crassipuncta Krüger, 1997

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 10401♂, type no 7898, TMSA; Paratypes 2♀, genitalia slide 10402♀, type no 7899, TMSA, SAMC.

Hebdomophruda crenilinea Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 31B6♀, 217, SAMC; Paratypes 1♂, 1♀, BMNH.

Hebdomophruda errans Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 31B8♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, SAMC or BMNH (see M. Krüger 1998a: 336).

Hebdomophruda eupitheciata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Hebdomophruda hamata Krüger, 1997

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 850♂, type no 7981, TMSA; Paratypes 6♂, 11♀, genitalia slides SAM 31B7, 9685, 10408, 11296, TMSA, SAMC.

Hebdomophruda southeyae Krüger, 1997

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 10443♀, type no 7900, TMSA; Paratypes 2♂, 1♀, genitalia slide SAM 31B4, TMSA, SAMC.

Hemistola ereuthopeza Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Heterostegane bifasciata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Horisme pallidimacula Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, abdomen eaten (see A. J. T. Janse 1933: 107), SAMC; Paratypes ♂, BMNH.

Horisme punctiscripta (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Hypotephrina confertaria (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Idaea confracta (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Idaea leucorrheuma (Prout L. B., 1932)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Idaea lipara (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Idaea plesioscotia (Prout L.B., 1925)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Illa nefanda Warren, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)

Lectotype ♀, designated by M. Krüger (2001a: 96), SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, SAMC.

Larentia diplocampa Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Larentioides cacothemon Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Mictoschema tuckeri Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Milocera dubia (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, abdomen lost (see M. Krüger 2001a: 58), SAMC.

Neromia strigulosa Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see A. J. T. Janse 1933-1935: 309), SAMC.

Obolcola decisa (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Obolcola pulverea (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Omphalucha angulilinea (Janse, 1932)

Holotype ♀, rather worn, SAMC.

Palaeaspilates carnea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Palaeaspilates mansueta Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Palaeaspilates rubida Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Pareclipsis onus Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Parectropis simplex (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Perizoma africana (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Perizoma alumna (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Perizoma eviscerata Warren, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Perusiopsis veninotata Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Petrodava atrisignata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Piercia artifex (Prout L.B., 1925)

Holotype ♀, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Piercia artifex (Prout L.B., 1925)

Holotype ♀, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Piercia lightfooti (Prout L.B., 1925)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Piercia lightfooti (Prout L.B., 1925)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Piercia subterlimbata (Prout L.B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH, TMSA.

Piercia tenella (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Prasinocyma dorsipunctata Warren, 1911

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Prosomphax callista Warren, 1911

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Proutiana cacoctenes (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Pseudomaenas leucograpta (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Pseudomaenas margarita (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Pseudomaenas oncodogramma Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Scopula acentra (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Scopula carnosa Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Allotype ♀, BMNH.

Scopula discata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Scopula euchroa Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Scopula flexio Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♀, SAMC, Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Scopula fulvilinea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Scopula monotropa Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♀, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Scopula palleuca Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Allotype ♀, BMNH.

Scopula palpifera Prout L. B., 1925

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Allotype ♀, BMNH.

Scopula tenuiscripta Prout L. B., 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Scotopteryx crenulimargo (Prout L. B., 1925)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Scotopteryx peringueyi (Prout L. B., 1917)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes ♂, ♀, BMNH.

Victoria mirabilis Warren, 1911

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Xenimpia lactesignata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Xenochroma dyschlorata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC, not found (see A. J. T. Janse 1933-1935: 263).

Xylopteryx africana (Warren, 1911)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Zamarada metallicata Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Glyphipterigidae

Chrysocentris urania Meyrick, 1920

3 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Glyphipterix amphipeda Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Glyphipterix argophracta Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Glyphipterix climacaspis Meyrick, 1920

10 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Glyphipterix diplotoxa Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Glyphipterix idiomorpha Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Glyphipterix stelucha Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Gracillariidae

Callicercops triceros (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide SAMC 109♂, SAMC; Metallotype ♀, genitalia slide G7646♀, TMSA.

Caloptilia prosticta (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide SAMC 127♂, SAMC; Metallotype ♀, genitalia slide G7297♀, TMSA.

Dialectica praegemina (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide SAMC 106♂, SAMC; Metallotype ♀, genitalia slide G7190♀, TMSA.

Macarostola flora (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♀ [not ♂ as stated in original description], genitalia slide SAM108♀, SAMC.

Hepialidae

Afrotheora rhodaula (Meyrick, 1926)

Lectotype ♂, designated by A. J. T. Janse (1942: 26), genitalia slide BMNH 20477♂, BMNH; Paralectotype 1♂, SAMC.

Eudalaca albiplumis (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Eudalaca amphiarma (Meyrick, 1926)

Syntypes 2♂, SAMC.

Gorgopis intervallata Warren, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Gorgopis olivaceonotata Warren, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Metahepialus plurimaculata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, much worn (see Warren 1914: 508, Janse 1942: 40), SAMC.

Metahepialus xenoctenis (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Prototheora corvifera (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated by A. J. T. Janse (1942: 74), SAMC; Paralectotypes 4♂, BMNH.

Prototheora geniculata Davis, 1996

Holotype ♂, USNM; Paratypes 8♂, genitalia slide USNM 20954♂, USNM, ANIC, SAMC, TMSA.

Prototheora petrosema Meyrick, 1917

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by L. Vári (1962), SAMC; Paralectotypes 4♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Prototheora quadricornis Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Prototheora serruligera Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, designated as type by A. J. T. Janse (1942: 72), SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide BMNH 2210, BMNH.

Lacturidae

Utenikwa rhodoneura (Meyrick, 1909)

Syntypes 2♂, SAMC.

Lasiocampidae

Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Chondrostegoides ruficornis (Aurivillius, 1921)

Holotype ♂, SNHM; Paratype, SAMC.

Cymatopacha obscura Aurivillius, 1921

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Eutricha albofasciata (Aurivillius, 1921)

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC (not found, see Zolotuhin & Gurkovich 2009a: 36).

Napta straminea (Aurivillius, 1921)

Syntypes SAMC, SNHM.

Sena parva (Aurivillius, 1921)

Syntypes ♂, SAMC.

Trichiurana meridionalis Aurivillius, 1921

Holotype, SAMC.

Lecithoceridae

Atrichozancla cosymbota (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Limacodidae

Exanthica atelacma Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 204♂, wing slide 7, SAMC.

Scotinochroa peringueyi (Aurivillius, 1921)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Lyonetiidae

Lyonetia cotifraga Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Meessiidae

Exonomasis exolescens (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 197♂, wing slide 49, SAMC.

Graphidivalva genitalis (Meyrick, 1913)

Lectotype ♂, type no 4714, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 98), genitalia slide L. Vári 8124♂, wing slide 3481, TMSA; Paralectotype ♂, type no 4715, wing slide 3406, SAMC.

Oxymachaeris zulella (Walsingham, 1881)

Holotype, SAMC.

Tenaga sesquitertia (Meyrick, 1909)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 117), genitalia slide L. Vári 203♂, wing slide 51, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Nepticulidae

Stigmella panconista (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Stigmella porphyreuta (Meyrick, 1917)

Lectotype ♂, in bad condition, destroyed by museum beetle (see A. J. T. Janse 1948: 174, M. Scoble 1978b: 110), SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, destroyed (see M. Scoble 1978b: 110).

Noctuidae

Acontia roseofusca (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Acrapex carnea Hampson, 1905

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Acrapex tristrigata Warren, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Agrotis contingens (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Agrotis sordida (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Agrotis sordidoides Poole, 1989

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Athetis absorbens (Walker, 1857)

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Brephos incongruella (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ectochela albiapicata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Ectochela argentea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Ectochela brunnea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ectochela cretacea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ectochela fulvinotata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ectochela fulvitincta (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Ectochela hexistigma (Janse, 1938)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ectochela ossicolor (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ectochela pallescens (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Hypoplexia varicolor (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Iambia brunnea Warren, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ozarba regia Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Trigonophora palliata (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Nolidae

Mecothrix iridescens (van Son, 1933)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Allotype ♀, TMSA; Paratypes 1♂, 5♀, TMSA.

Vandamia lightfooti van Son, 1933

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Allotype ♀, SAMC; Paratypes 1♂, 1♀, genitalia slide 5353♂, TMSA.

Notodontidae

Antheua aurivilliusi Kiriakoff, 1964

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Antheua mixta Janse, 1920

Holotype ♂, type no 1658, genitalia slide 11191♂, TMSA (see Kiriakoff 1964b: 214); Paratype 1♂, SAMC.

Antheua radiata Aurivillius, 1921

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Eurystaura brunnea Janse, 1920

Holotype ♂, type no 1690, genitalia slide 2394♂, TMSA (see Kiriakoff 1964b: 220); Allotype ♀, type no 1691, TMSA; Paratypes ♂, ♀ [number not stated], TMSA, SAMC.

Paraphlebs singularis Aurivillius, 1921

Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, TMSA, SNHM.

Phyllaliodes incana (Janse, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype ♀, genitalia slide 1664♀, TMSA (see Kiriakoff 1964b: 215).

Sarimarais peringueyi (Janse, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, type no 1663, TMSA.

Oecophoridae

Areocosma orsobela Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Briarostoma pyrrhopsamma Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Ceranthes apellodora Meyrick, 1926

Syntypes 3♂, SAMC.

Coesyra campylotis Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Coesyra centrobola Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Coesyra rutila Meyrick, 1912

4 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Diocosma callichroa Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 2♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Diocosma ceramopis Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Diocosma molybdela Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Doxomeres diaxantha Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Harpella scolopistis Meyrick, 1909

Syntypes 6♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Isocrita eremasta Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Isocrita ithydoxa Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Isocrita psalactis Meyrick, 1912

Syntypes 2♀, SAMC.

Isocrita stolarcha Meyrick, 1909

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Meloteles xanthodoxa Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Metachanda oxyacma Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ocystola proxena (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Oxyscopa dealbata Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Philobota chalinitis Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Philobota dryinota Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Philobota erastis Meyrick, 1910

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Philobota tectifera Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Phratriodes curvisignis Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Picrogenes bactrospila Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Plesiosticha endocentra (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Protomacha sosigona Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Tanyzancla diorycta Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Tanyzancla semistricta Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Thyestarcha acrogypsa Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Thyestarcha edax Meyrick, 1912

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Plutellidae

Gypsosaris coniata Meyrick, 1909

Syntypes 2♂, SAMC.

Plutella balanopis Meyrick, 1909

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Prodoxidae

Lampronia albifusa Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 148♂, wing slide 9, SAMC.

Sindonophora leucozona Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Sindonophora sutrix Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 173♂, SAMC.

Psychidae

Barbaroscardia metaclina Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány & Vári (1973: 188), genitalia slide L. Vári 178♂, wing slide 37, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, BMNH.

Epaleura salaria Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 182♂, SAMC.

Gymnelema stibarodes (Meyrick, 1909)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 74), genitalia slide 163♂, wing slide 32, SAMC; Paralectotypes 1♂, 1♀, genitalia slide 164♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Mallobathra zophaula Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 60), genitalia slide L. Vári 142♂, wing slide 18, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10241♂, BMNH.

Narycia isoxantha Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 82), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 166♂, wing slide 27, SAMC; Paralectotypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Patromasia petroglypta Meyrick, 1926

Lectotype ♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány & Vári (1973: 188), genitalia slide L. Vári 188♂, wing slide 21, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, BMNH.

Penestoglossa dyscrita Meyrick, 1926

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 87), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 168♂, wing slide 22, SAMC; Paralectotypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Picronarycia antibatis (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 165♂, wing slide 26, SAMC.

Psyche fatalis (Meyrick, 1926)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 47), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 147♂, wing slide 8, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, BMNH.

Struthisca zascia (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated by L. A. Gozmány & Vári (1973: 189), genitalia slide L. Vári 145♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Typhonia circophora (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 152♂, SAMC; Paratypes 1♂, 1♀, genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 153♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Typhonia cylindraula (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 151♂, wing slide 39, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, SAMC.

Typhonia homopercna (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 66), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 156♂, wing slide 41, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Typhonia indigena (Meyrick, 1917)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 67), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 157♂, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, SAMC.

Typhonia marmarodes (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♀, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 69), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 159♀, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, BMNH.

Typhonia nigrescens (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 70), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 161♂, wing slide 42, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, BMNH.

Typhonia petrodes (Meyrick, 1914)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 81), genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 162♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 4♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Zelomora phlyctidota Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide L. Vári 201♀, wing slide 25, SAMC.

Pterolonchidae

Anathyrsa macroxyla Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♀, designated by A. Vives Moreno, genitalia slide 28172♀, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♀, SAMC.

Plexippica verberata Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, abdomen missing, SAMC (see W. Mey 2011: 191).

Pterophoridae

Agdistis augrabiesi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 22886♂, BMNH; Paratypes 6♂, 3♀, genitalia slides 22887, 16016, 16017, BMNH, TMSA, SAMC, coll. Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin.

Agdistis cretifera Meyrick, 1909

Lectotype ♀, genitalia slide 226♀, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, SAMC.

Agdistis criocephala Meyrick, 1909

Lectotype ♀, genitalia slide 227♀, SAMC; Paralectotypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Agdistis infumata Meyrick, 1912

Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide 17065♂, BMNH; Paralectotypes 2♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Bipunctiphorus patriarcha (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Buckleria negotiosus (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Crassuncus laqueatus (Meyrick, 1913)

Syntypes 3♀, TMSA, SAMC.

Crassuncus serpens (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Gypsochares astragalotes (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Hellinsia acuminatus (Meyrick, 1920)

Syntypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Hellinsia illutus (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Hellinsia sordidatus (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Lantanophaga amphiloga (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Megalorhipida festus (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Megalorhipida viduus (Meyrick, 1917)

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Platyptilia periacta Meyrick, 1910

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Pseudoxyptilus variegatus (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Trichoptilus cryphias Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, in bad condition, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, in bad condition (see E. Meyrick, 1912c: 53), SAMC.

Pyralidae

Ancylosis albipunctella (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Ancylosis inangulella Warren, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ancylosis rufitincta Warren, 1914

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Bostra carnicolor Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Bostra conspicualis Warren, 1911

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Homoeosoma quinquepunctella (Warren, 1914)

Syntypes 2♂, SAMC.

Hypotia grisescens (Warren, 1914)

Syntypes 2♀, SAMC.

Hypotia pallidicarnea (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Islopha albicristata Warren, 1911

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Loryma dentibasalis (Warren, 1914)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Pyralis effulgens Warren, 1914

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Saturniidae

Gonimbrasia clarki Geertsema, 1971

Holotype ♂, TMSA; Allotype ♀, TMSA; Paratypes 42♂, 36♀, TMSA, BMNH, SAMC, MNHN, USNM, SANC, NMB.

Scythrididae

Eretmocera contermina Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Eretmocera syleuta Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 1473X♂, SAMC.

Haploscythris melanodora (Meyrick, 1912)

Lectotype ♂, designated by B. Bengtsson (2014: 67), genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 1472X♂, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, SAMC.

Scythris dimensa Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 1470X♂, SAMC.

Scythris erudita Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 1468X♂, SAMC.

Scythris exsoluta Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 1471X♂, SAMC.

Scythris faeculenta Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see B. Bengtsson 2014: 197), SAMC.

Scythris melanopleura Meyrick, 1914

Lectotype ♂, designated by B. Bengtsson (2014: 203), genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 1496X♂, SAMC; 3 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Scythris meligastra Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, [not ♀ as stated in the original description], genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 1476X♂, SAMC.

Scythris roseola Meyrick, 1912

Lectotype ♂, designated by B. Bengtsson (2014: 143), genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 1474X♂, SAMC; 3 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Sesiidae

Felderiola karooensis Bartsch, 2013

Holotype ♂, SMNS; Paratypes 71♂, 32♀, genitalia slides D. Bartsch 2010-14♂, 2011-15♂, SMNS, TMSA, SAMC, coll. Riefenstahl.

Lolibaia triangularis Bartsch & Sáfián, 2019

Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratypes 8♂, genitalia slides G. M. László 4573♂, D. Bartsch 2018-26♂, ANHRT, NMBZ.

Somabrachyidae

Parapsycharium paarlense Geertsema, 2000

Holotype ♂, TMSA; Paratypes 5♂, 2♀, genitalia slides Som 018, Som 019♂, wing venation slide Som 034, TMSA, SAMC, SANS, BMNH.

Psycharium barnardi Geertsema, 1998

Holotype ♂, TMSA; Paratypes 4♂, 2♀, genitalia slides Janse 1223♂, 1369♂, Glyc 008♀, TMSA, SAMC.

Psycharium montanum Geertsema, 1998

Holotype ♂, TMSA; Paratypes 62♂, TMSA, SAMC, SANC, BMNH, USNM, MNHN, RMCA, DEUS.

Sphingidae

Covelliana natalensis (Gess, 1967)

Holotype, SAMC (see Schmit & J. Pierre 2006: 540).

Macropoliana oheffernani (Gess, 1967)

Syntypes, SAMC (see Schmit & J. Pierre 2006: 540).

Tineidae

Acanthocheira loxopa (Meyrick, 1914)

Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 205♂, wing slide 2, designated by L. A. Gozmány & L. Vári (1973: 135), SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂, genitalia slide J. D. Bradley 4672♂, BMNH, SAMC [in the original description 5♂ were mentioned].

Amydria poliodes Meyrick, 1909

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 28), genitalia slide L. Vári 176♂, wing slide 43, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, BMNH.

Ceratophaga obnoxia (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 199♂, wing slide 78, SAMC.

Criticonoma chelonaea Meyrick, 1910

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 37), genitalia slide L. Vári 141♂, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, genitalia slide Gozmány 10230♀, BMNH.

Dasyses hirsutella (Walsingham, 1881)

Holotype, SAMC.

Ellochotis fraudulenta (Meyrick, 1912)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 27), genitalia slide L. Vári 139♂, wing slide 56, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂, genitalia slide Gozmány 10156♂, BMNH.

Ellochotis infausta Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 43), genitalia slide L. Vári 180♂, wing slide 12, SAMC; Paralectotypes 5♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10297♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Ellochotis picroxesta (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 186♂, SAMC.

Ellochotis territa (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see A. J. T. Janse 1968: 81), SAMC.

Erechthias glossophora (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Glaucostolella oxyteles (Meyrick, 1926)

Lectotype, worn, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 48), wing slide 14, SAMC; Paralectotype, SAMC; the second paralectotype could not be found in the Meyrick collection, BMNH (see L. A. Gozmány & L. Vári 1973: 181).

Hapsiferona glareosa (Meyrick, 1912)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 51), genitala slide L. Vári 183♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 1♂, 1♀, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10204, BMNH.

Homalopsycha aestuaria Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 52), genitalia slide L. Vári 140♂, wing slide 15, SAMC; Paralectotypes 3♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Homalopsycha rapida (Meyrick, 1909)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 29), genitalia slide L. Vári 177♂, wing slide 4, SAMC; Paralectotypes 4♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10161♂, SAMC, BMNH.

Janseana crispa (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 184♂, SAMC.

Janseana crispa (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 55), genitalia slide L. Vári 184♂, wing slide 17, SAMC; Paralectotype ♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10233♂, BMNH.

Janseana sceptica (Meyrick, 1910)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 179♂, wing slide 58, SAMC.

Janseana vibrata (Meyrick, 1913)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide A. J. T. Janse 9117♂, wing slide 3479, SAMC.

Myrmecozela paurosperma Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♀, abdomen missing (see A. J. T. Janse 1968: 80), SAMC.

Myrmecozela pogonopis Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see A. J. T. Janse 1968: 80), SAMC.

Ochetoxena phaneraula Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 83), genitalia slide L. Vári 167♂, wing slide 10, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10260♂, BMNH.

Ocnophilella autocrypta (Meyrick, 1926)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 84), genitalia slide L. Vári 120♂, wing slide 19, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, SAMC.

Opogona indiscreta (Meyrick, 1917)

Syntypes 2♀, SAMC.

Opogona iricharis (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Opogona scaphopis Meyrick, 1909

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC.

Paraptica concinerata Meyrick, 1917

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 86), genitalia slide L. Vári 187♂, wing slide 20, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10231♂, BMNH.

Pringleophaga tetraula (Meyrick, 1926)

Holotype ♀, abdomen missing (see A. J. T. Janse 1968: 84), wing slide 28, SAMC.

Probatostola ochromalla Meyrick, 1926

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 91), genitalia slide L. Vári 191♂, wing slide 23, SAMC; Paralectotype ♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10239♂, BMNH.

Proterospastis antiphracta (Meyrick, 1909)

Lectotype ♀, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 107), genitalia slide L. Vári 193♂, wing slide 45, SAMC; Paralectotypes 3♀, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10268♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Proterospastis craurota (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 195♂, wing slide 47, SAMC.

Proterospastis trilinguis (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 119), genitalia slide L. Vári 200♂, wing slide 53, SAMC; Paralectotype ♀, could not be located (see L. A. Gozmány & L. Vári 1973: 55).

Pseudurgis leucosema Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 169♂, SAMC.

Pseudurgis ochrolychna Meyrick, 1914

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 93), abdomen missing, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10242♂, wing slide 30, SAMC, BMNH.

Pseudurgis sciocolona Meyrick, 1914

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 171♂, SAMC.

Pseudurgis scutifera Meyrick, 1912

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 94), genitalia slide L. Vári 170♂, wing slide 35, SAMC; 11 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.

Tinea spilocoma Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see A. J. T. Janse 1968: 118), wing slide 52, SAMC.

Tracheloteina arctocephala (Meyrick, 1909)

Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 174♂, wing slide 3, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, genitalia slide L. A. Gozmány 10155♂, BMNH.

Tracheloteina peloplaca (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 175♂, wing slide 57, SAMC.

Tracheloteina suspiciosa (Meyrick, 1912)

Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 118), genitalia slide L. Vári 207♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 3♂, genitalia slides Gozmány 10173♂, 10174♂, wing slide 31, SAMC, BMNH.

Transmixta fortuita (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Vári 198♂, wing 50, SAMC.

Tortricidae

Acleris rubi Razowski, 2005

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 150♂, SAMC; Paratypes 8♀, SAMC.

Acleris ruwenzorica Razowski, 2005

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 7187♂, SAMC; 18 Paratypes ♂, ♀, SAMC.

Algoforma paralgoana Razowski, 2005

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 146♀, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, not dissected, 1♂, genitalia slide 147♂, SAMC.

Ancylis natalana (Walsingham, 1881)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A017189, abdomen missing (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 222), SAMC.

Aphelia elegans (Walsingham, 1881)

Lectotype ♀, type SAM-LEP-A016989, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 219), SAMC; 3 paralectotypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 219).

Choristoneura heliaspis (Meyrick, 1909)

Lectotype ♀, type SAM-LEP-A016921, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 215), genitalia slide 241♀, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, SAMC (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 215).

Clepsis biformis (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♀, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 218), genitalia slide 259♀, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, abdomen missing, SAMC; 6 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, of which 4 in BMNH, 2 remaining not found (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 219).

Clepsis crispata (Meyrick, 1912)

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016858, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 215), genitalia slide 243♂, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, BMNH.

Cnephasia catastrepta Meyrick, 1926

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016976, genitalia slide 242♂, SAMC.

Cnephasia chlorocrossa Meyrick, 1926

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016981, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 220), abdomen damaged, SAMC; Paralectotypes 3♀, SAMC (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 220).

Cryptaspasma atrinodis (Meyrick, 1926)

Lectotype ♂, type SAM-LEP A017199, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 221), genitalia slide 2857, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 221); Neallotype ♀, genitalia slide 3022♀, BMNH (see A. Diakonoff 1959a:41).

Cryptaspasma caryothicta (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 221), genitalia slide L. Aarvik 99022♂, MNHN (see P. Viette 1953a: 150); Paralectotype 1♂, not found in SAMC (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 221).

Doliochastis homograpta Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♀ [not ♂ as stated in the original description], Type SAM-LEP-A017400, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 223), genitalia slide 244♀, SAMC; Paralectotypes 5♀, SAMC, BMNH (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 223).

Doridostoma symplecta (Meyrick, 1910)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016891, genitalia slide 262♂, SAMC.

Eccopsis fluctuatana Walsingham, 1881

Lectotype ♀,type SAM-LEP-A017025, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 221), abdomen missing, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 222).

Eccopsis orichlora (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A017065, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 221), genitalia slide 240♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC, BMNH (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 221).

Epichoristodes adustana (Walsingham, 1881)

Lectotype ♀, type SAM-LEP-A016856, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 216), abdomen missing, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 216).

Epichoristodes cinerata (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016937, genitalia slide 245♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, abdomen missing (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 216), BMNH.

Epichoristodes dorsiplagana (Walsingham, 1881)

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016870, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 217), abdomen missing, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♀, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 217).

Epichoristodes exanimata (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016938, genitalia slide 247♂, SAMC.

Epichoristodes ionephela (Meyrick, 1909)

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016956, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 216), genitalia slide 264♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013:216).

Epichoristodes niphosema (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016939, genitalia slide 248♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.

Epichoristodes phalaraea (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016943, genitalia slide 249♂, SAMC; Paratypes 2♀, BMNH, SAMC (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 216-217).

Epinotia infausta (Walsingham, 1881)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A017097, abdomen missing, SAMC.

Eucosma chloroterma Meyrick, 1913

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Eucosma insolens Meyrick, 1909

Lectotype ♂ (not ♀ as stated in the original description), Type SAM-LEP-A017112, designated by Razowski & Krüger (2013: 223), genitalia slide 253♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂ (not 1 as stated in the orig. description, see Razowski & Krüger 2013: 224), SAMC.

Eucosma lochmaea Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A017117, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 224), abdomen missing, SAMC; Paralectotypes 2♂, not dissected, BMNH, 1♂ SAMC not found (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 224).

Eucosma tenax Meyrick, 1920

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A017138, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 224), SAMC; Paralectotypes 1♀, abdomen missing, SAMC; 1 specimen, undissected, BMNH (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 224).

Eudemis globigera (Meyrick, 1914)

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-017063, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 222), abdomen missing, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Eugnosta lukaszi Razowski, 2005

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide A9♂, SAMC; Paratypes 3♂, 1♀ and 1 specimen, ISEA.

Eugnosta niveicaput Razowski, 2005

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 126♀, SAMC.

Eugnosta parmisella Razowski, 2005

Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 111♀, SAMC.

Eugnosta stigmatica (Meyrick, 1909)

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016903, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 214), genitalia slide 257♂, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♂, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 215).

Fulcrifera ichthyura (Meyrick, 1926)

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A017156, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 225), genitalia slide 255♂, SAMC; 1 Paralectotype, BMNH; 1 Paralectotype, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 225).

Fulcrifera ocnogramma (Meyrick, 1910)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A017168, genitalia slide 256♂, SAMC.

Hectaphelia mensaria (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016877, genitalia slide 260♂, SAMC.

Hectaphelia sporadias (Meyrick, 1920)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016890, genitalia slide 261♂, SAMC.

Hectaphelia vestigialis (Meyrick, 1914)

Holotype ♀, type SAM-LEP-A016841, genitalia slide 246♀, SAMC.

Malolotia galactitis (Meyrick, 1912)

Lectotype ♂, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 223), genitalia slide 4632♂, SAMC; Paralectotypes 1♂, 1♀, BMNH (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 223).

Nkandla macrostoma (Meyrick, 1920)

Lectotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A016986, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 219), genitalia slide 251♂, SAMC; 3 Paralectotypes 2♂, BMNH, SAMC; 1♀, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 219).

Phtheochroa natalica Razowski, 2005

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 141♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, not dissected, SAMC.

Strepsicrates sinuosa (Meyrick, 1917)

Lectotype ♀, type SAM-LEP-A017143, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 225), genitalia slide 258♀, SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, BMNH (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 225).

Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)

Holotype ♀, SAMC; Paratype 1♀, BMNH.

Thaumatotibia macrops (Diakonoff, 1959)

Holotype ♂, genitalia slide A. Diakonoff 3008♂, SAMC; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide A. Diakonoff 3009♀, SAMC. Paratypes 2♀, SAMC.

Thiodia siccescens (Meyrick, 1912)

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-Lep-A017136, genitalia slide 254♂, SAMC.

Trymalitis scalifera Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♂, type no SAM-LEP-A017201, SAMC.

Tuckia africana (Walsingham, 1881)

3 Syntypes [gender not stated], Type SAM-LEP-A016836, SAMC (see J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 220).

Xyloryctidae

Eporycta chionaula Meyrick, 1920

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Glycynympha sandycopa (Meyrick, 1917)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

Yponomeutidae

Dukeia cyanea (Meyrick, 1912)

Lectotype ♀, BMNH; 4 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH (D. J. L. Agassiz, 2019: 30, lists 3 more paralectotypes, but in the original description only 5 syntypes are mentioned).

Xyrosaris secreta Meyrick, 1912

Holotype ♀, SAMC; not found (see Gershenson & Ulenberg 1998: 107, but examined by D. J. L. Agassiz 2019b: 202).

Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860

Holotype ♀, BMNH, not retrieved (see Lewis & Sohn 2015: 121); ♂, SAMC (see W. Mey 2015b: 94).

Yponomeuta nigricola (Meyrick, 1912)

4 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH; not found (see Gershenson & Ulenberg 1998: 92); a "Holotype (without abdomen)" was mentioned by D. J. L. Agassiz (2019: 11) from Durban, a locality not mentioned in the original description.

Yponomeuta sistrophora Meyrick, 1909

Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC [D. J. L. Agassiz (2019: 22) mentions: "Holotype ♂ in very poor condition"].

Zygographa asaphochalca Meyrick, 1917

Holotype ♂, SAMC.

Ypsolophidae

Ypsolopha scenites (Meyrick, 1909)

Holotype ♀, SAMC.

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