''Megalorhipida'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Pterophoridae
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblag ...
described by
Hans Georg Amsel
Hans Georg Amsel (29 March 1905 – 20 October 1999) was a German entomologist with four publications ranging from 1951 to 1962. His home town was Cologne, although he frequently was in Kiel. His original job was in the banking industry, and he la ...
in 1935. Species in this genus are distributed in
pantropical
A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers Tropics, tropical regions of both hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''.
''Neotropical'' is a zoogeogra ...
and
subtropical
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climates. The species typically nests on host plants in the families
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a unique fruit t ...
,
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...
,
,
Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Asterales. It contains about 404 species in twelve genera. The family is distributed mostly in Australia, except for the genus ''Scaevola (plant), Scaevo ...
,
Asteraceae
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, and
Verbenaceae
The Verbenaceae ( ), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell.
The ...
. The generic name is often misspelled as ''Megalorrhipida''.
The species formerly placed in the genus ''Antarches'' are now considered to belong to this genus.
Species
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Megalorhipida angusta''
Arenberger, 2002
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Megalorhipida deboeri''
Gielis, 2003
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Megalorhipida dubiosa''
Gielis, 2006
*''
Megalorhipida dulcis''
(Walsingham, 1915)
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Megalorhipida fissa''
Arenberger, 2002
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Megalorhipida gielisi''
Rose and Pooni, 2003
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Megalorhipida leptomeres''
(Meyrick, 1886)
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Megalorhipida leucodactyla''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Megalorhipida madoris''
Gielis & de Vos, 2007
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Megalorhipida monsa''
Bippus, 2020
*''
Megalorhipida palaestinensis''
(Fabricius, 1793) (type)
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Megalorhipida paradefectalis''
Rose and Pooni, 2003
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Megalorhipida paraiso''
Gielis, 2006
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Megalorhipida parvula''
Arenberger, 2010
*''
Megalorhipida prolai''
(Gibeaux, 1994)
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Megalorhipida pseudodefectalis''
(Gielis, 1989)
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Megalorhipida tessmanni''
(Strand, 1912)
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Megalorhipida vivax''
(Meyrick, 1909)
References
Oxyptilini
Pantropical fauna
Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel
Moth genera
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