''Morophaga'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s belonging to the family
Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
* ''
Morophaga borneensis''
Robinson, 1986 (Sabah)
* ''
Morophaga bucephala''
(Snellen, 1884) (Korea)
* ''
Morophaga choragella'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (palearctic)
*''
Morophaga clonodes'' (Meyrick, 1893) (Australia)
*''
Morophaga cremnarcha'' (Meyrick, 1932) (Asia)
*''
Morophaga fasciculata''
*''
Morophaga formosana'' Robinson, 1986 (Hongkong, Taiwan)
*''
Morophaga hyrcanella''
*''
Morophaga iriomotensis''
*''
Morophaga kurenzovi'' (Zagulajev, 1966)
*''
Morophaga morellus'' (Duponchel, 1838) (palearctic)
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*'' Morophaga moriutii'' Robinson, 1986
*'' Morophaga plana'' Osada & Hirowatari, 2016 (Japan)
*'' Morophaga sistrata''
*'' Morophaga soror''
*'' Morophaga vadonella''
References
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Tineidae
Tineidae genera