''Pachnistis'' 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 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
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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
Moth genera
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