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

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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