''Pachnistis'' 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
Autostichidae
Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea.
Subfamilies
*Autostichinae Le Marchand, 1947
* Deocloninae Hodges, 1998
* Glyphidocerinae Hodges, 1998
*Holcopogoninae Gozmány, 1967
* Oegoconiinae Leraut, 1992
*Symmocinae ...
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Species
The species of this genus are:
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Pachnistis arens''
Meyrick, 1913 (India)
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Pachnistis cephalochra''
Meyrick, 1907 (Bhutan, India)
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Pachnistis craniota''
(Meyrick, 1913) (South Africa)
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Pachnistis cremnobathra''
Meyrick, 1922 (Java)
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Pachnistis fulvocapitella''
Legrand, 1966 (Seychelles)
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Pachnistis inhonesta''
Meyrick, 1916 (India)
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Pachnistis morologa''
Meyrick, 1923 (Angola)
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Pachnistis nigropunctella''
Viette, 1955 (Madagascar)
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Pachnistis nubivaga''
Meyrick, 1921 (Celebes)
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Pachnistis phaeoptila''
Bradley, 1961 (Java)
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Pachnistis silens''
Meyrick, 1935 (Taiwan)
References
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (17-Jun-2014
Autostichinae
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