Pyroderces

Pyroderces
P. aellotricha specimen (abdomen missing) Scale bar = 2 mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Subfamily:	Cosmopteriginae
Genus:	Pyroderces Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Type species
Pyroderces goldeggiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Diversity
87, but see text
Synonyms
Lallia Chrétien, 1915 Tenuipenna Amsel, 1959 Syntomactis Meyrick, 1889

Pyroderces is a genus of cosmet moths (family Cosmopterigidae). It belongs to subfamily Cosmopteriginae. Some authors include Anatrachyntis here.

Species

Pyroderces aellotricha Pyroderces albistrigella (Möschler, 1890) Pyroderces anthinopa Pyroderces apicinotella (Chrétien, 1915) (type species of Lallia) Pyroderces argentata Pyroderces argobalana Meyrick, 1915 Pyroderces argyrogrammos Pyroderces bifurcata Z.W.Zhang & H.H.Li, 2009 Pyroderces brosi Pyroderces caesaris Pyroderces cervinella Pyroderces chalcoptila

Pyroderces deamatella (Walker, 1864) (type species of Syntomactis) Pyroderces dimidiella (Snellen, 1885) Pyroderces diplecta Pyroderces eupogon Turner, 1926 Pyroderces firma Pyroderces hapalodes Turner, 1923 Pyroderces jonesella Pyroderces klimeschi Pyroderces leptarga Pyroderces longalitella Pyroderces melanosarca Pyroderces narcota Pyroderces nephelopyrrha

Pyroderces ocreella Pyroderces orientella Sinev, 1993 Pyroderces sarcogypsa Pyroderces sphenosema Pyroderces syngalactis Pyroderces tenuilinea Turner, 1923 Pyroderces tersectella Pyroderces tethysella Pyroderces urantha Pyroderces wolschrijni Pyroderces phaeostigma Pyroderces pogonias Turner, 1923

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database