Sphenarches

Sphenarches is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with pantropical climates, and are also found in Japan and southern Canada. Hostplants for the genus are Dolichos lablab, Lagenaria leucantha clavata, and L. leucantha gourda.

Species

• Sphenarches anisodactylus (syn: Sphenarches synophrys (type))
• Sphenarches bilineatus Yano, 1963
• Sphenarches bifurcatus
• Sphenarches caffer (Zeller, 1852)
• Sphenarches cafferoides Gibeaux, 1996
• Sphenarches nanellus
• Sphenarches ontario (McDunnough, 1927)
• Sphenarches zanclistes (Meyrick, 1905)

Species of doubtful validity

Sphenarches languidus, originally described as Oxyptilus languidus from Colombia by Felder & Rogenhofer in 1875 is of doubtful validity. It might be a synonym of Sphenarches nanellus, but the type specimen of this species is in poor condition and no additional material has been found which matches this species. With the present knowledge it is not possible to separate the two species.^[1]

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