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Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
, with the endemic species
asterisk The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic star. Computer scientists and Mathematici ...
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Plants

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Bauhinia ''Bauhinia'' () is a large genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae, in the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and ...
(''Bauhinia blakeana'') *
Crapnell's camellia ''Camellia crapnelliana'', Crapnell's camellia (), is a flowering ''Camellia'' native to Hong Kong and other parts of south-eastern China. In 1903, the species was first collected and described by W. J. Tutcher from Mount Parker, Hong Kong; o ...
(''Camellia crapnelliana'') * Grantham's camellia (''Camellia granthamiana'') *
Hong Kong camellia ''Camellia hongkongensis'' (), the Hong Kong camellia, is a species of ''camellia''. Description ''Camellia hongkongensis'' is a small evergreen tree which can grow to feet tall. Of the camellia species native to Hong Kong, only this species be ...
(''Camellia hongkongensis'') * Hong Kong dogwood (''Dendrobenthamia hongkongensis'') * Hong Kong iris (''Iris speculatrix'') * Hong Kong balsam (''Impatiens hongkongensis'') *
Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
(''Pavetta hongkongensis'') * Hong Kong croton (''Croton hancei'')* *Hong Kong wild kumquat (''Fortunella hindsii''), see
Kumquat Kumquats ( ), or cumquats in Australian English, are a group of small, angiosperm, fruit-bearing trees in the family Rutaceae. Their taxonomy is disputed. They were previously classified as forming the now-historical genus ''Fortunella'' or plac ...
* Hong Kong bamboo (''Arundinaria shiuyingiana'')* * Lantau star-anise (''Illicium angustisepalum'')* * Hong Kong asarum (''Asarum hongkongense'')* * Shiuying bamboo (''Arundinaria shiuyingiana'')* * Subglabrous cane (''Sasa subglabra'')* * Two-coloured bulbophyllum (''Bulbophyllum bicolor'')* * Monteiro's caterpillar orchid (''Cheirostylis monteiroi'')* * Entire lip ginger (''Zingiber integrilabrum'')* (probably extinct)


Animals


Mammals A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle e ...

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Chinese white dolphin The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (''Sousa chinensis'') is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland Chi ...
(''Sousa chinensis chinensis'')


Amphibians Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniote, anamniotic, tetrapod, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class (biology), class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all Tetrapod, tetrapods, but excl ...

* Romer's tree frog (''Philautus romeri'')* * Hong Kong newt (''Paramesotriton hongkongensis'') * Hong Kong cascade frog (''Amolops hongkongensis'') * Short-legged horned toad (''Xenophrys brachykolos '')* *''
Polypedates megacephalus ''Polypedates megacephalus'', the Hong Kong whipping frog or spot-legged tree frog, is a species in the shrub frog family (Rhacophoridae). In its native range, it is also called " brown tree frog", but this name is otherwise applied to a species ...
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Fejervarya multistriata ''Fejervarya multistriata'' (common name: Hong Kong paddy frog or simply paddy frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in southern China (from Yuannan to Guangdong and Hainan) and in Taiwan, but its range likely exten ...
'' *'' Rana macrodactyla'' *'' Microhyla pulchra'' (Hallowell), 1861


Reptile Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ...

* Hongkong blind skink (''Dibamus bogadeki'')* * Lazell's blind snake (''Typhlops lazelli'')* * Anderson's stream snake (''Ophisthotropis andersonii'') *'' Eumeces quadrilineatus'' (Blyth), 1853 *'' Achalinus rufescens'' Boulenger, 1888 *'' Calamaria septentrionalis'' Boulenger, 1890 *'' Dendrelaphis hollonrakei'' Lazell, 2002 *''Ahaetulla prasina medioxima'' (Lazzell, 2002)


Fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

*''Aphyocpris lini'' * Hong Kong paradisefish (''Macropodus hongkongensis'') *'' Pseudogastromyzon myersi'' *''
Parazacco spilurus ''Parazacco'' is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The only species in the genus is ''Parazacco spilurus'', the predaceous chub, a fish found in Chi ...
'' (Gunther), 1868 *'' Pseudohemiculter dispar'' (Peters), 1880 *'' Oreonectes platycephalus'' Gunther, 1868 *'' Rhinogobius duospilus'' (Herre, 1935) *''
Bathyphylax bombifrons ''Bathyphylax'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triacanthodidae, the spikefishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the deep waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Bathyphylax'' was first propos ...
'' Myers, 1934 *'' Figaro melanobranchus'' (Chan), 1965 *'' Sphyraena putnamiae'' Jordan & Schlegel, 1905 *'' Osteomugil strongylocephalus'' (Richardson), 1846 *'' Argyrosomus pawak'' Lin, 1940 *'' Nibea chui'' Trewavas, 1971 *'' Callionymus altipinnis'' Fricke, 1981 *'' Arnoglossus tenuis'' Gunther, 1880 *'' Plagiopsetta fasciatus'' (Fowler), 1933 *'' Brachirus swinhonis'' (Steindachner), 1867 *'' Cynoglossus lineolatus'' Steindachner, 1867 *'' Opistognathus hongkongiensis'' Chan, 1968 *''
Bathygobius hongkongensis ''Bathygobius'' is a circumtropical genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. Abstract Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: * ''Bathygobius aeolosoma'' ( J. D. Ogilby, 1889) * ''Bathygobius albopunctatus'' (Valenciennes, ...
'' Lam, 1986 *'' Paraploactis hongkongiensis'' (Chan, 1966)* *'' Xyrichtys trivittatus'' Randall & Cornish, 2000 *'' Neopomacentrus bankieri'' (Richardson, 1846)


Mollusca Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

*''Phyllodesmium opalescene'' *''Chloritis hungerfordiana rufopila'' *''Cryptosoma imperator'' *'' Kaliella hongkongensis'' *''Macrochlamys discus'' *''Macrochlamys nitidissma'' *''Marcrocycloides crenulate'' *''Microcystina schmackerina'' *''Microcystina stenomphala'' *''Sinoenna splendens hongkongensis'' *''Tornatellira boeningi''


Annelid The annelids (), also known as the segmented worms, are animals that comprise the phylum Annelida (; ). The phylum contains over 22,000 extant species, including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to vario ...
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*''Aglaophamus toloensis'' Ohwada, 1992


Malacostraca Malacostraca is the second largest of the six classes of pancrustaceans behind insects, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders. Its members, the malacostracans, display a great diversity of body forms and include crab ...


Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (''dekás''), meaning "ten", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, a ...

**'' Haberma tingkok'' Cannicci & Ng, 2017 **''Perisesarma maipoensis'' (Soh, 1978)* **''Parasesarma maipoensis'' **'' Nanhaipotamon hongkongense'' (Shen, 1940)* **''Chiromanthes sereni'' (Soh, 1978)* **''Pseudopythina patshuni'' (Soh, 1978)* **''Charybdis hongkongensis'' Shen, 1934 **'' Crypotopotamon anacoluthon'' (Kemp, 1918)* **''
Somanniathelphusa zanklon ''Somanniathelphusa zanklon'' is a species of endangered freshwater crab considered to be endemic to Hong Kong. Ecology and behavior The lifecycle of ''S. zanklon'' is similar to most true freshwater crabs, in which they brood over planktonic ...
'' Ng & Dudgeon, 1992* **''Caridina trifasciata'' (Yam & Cai, 2003)* **''Caridina serrata'' (Stimpson, 1860) **''Caridina apodosis'' Cai & Ng, 1999* **''Neocaridina serrata''* **'' Metapenaeopsis toloensis'' Hall, 1962 **''Periclimenes toloensis'' Bruce, 1969 **'' Panulirus stimpsoni'' Holthuis, 1963 **''Periclimenes hongkongensis'' Bruce, 1969


Tanaids

**''Pakistanapseudes toloensis'' (Bamber, 1997)


Isopoda Isopoda is an order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called isopods and include both aquatic species and terrestrial species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed l ...

**''Allokepon sinensis'' (Danforth, 1972) **''Anchiarthrus derelictus'' Markham, 1992 **''Apophrixus constrictus'' Markham, 1980B **''Aporobopyrus enosteoidis'' (Markham, 1982) **''Bopyrione longicapitata'' Markham, 1980 **''Bopyrione toloensis'' Markham, 1980 **''Dicropleon morator'' Markham, 1980 **''Hypocepon globosus'' Markham, 1992 **''Litobopyrus longicaudatus'' Markham, 1980B **''Orbione penei'' Bonnier, 1900 **''Parabopyrella perplexa'' Markham, 1990B **''Probopyria elliptica'' Markham, 1992 **''Probopyrus novempalensis'' Markham, 1980B **''Progebiophilus sinicus'' Markham, 1980B **''Pseudostegias dulcilacuum'' Markham, 1980B **''Rhopalione sinensis'' Markham, 1990B **''Stegophryxus minutus'' Markham, 1992 **''Tylokepon naxiae'' (Bonnier, 1900) **''Colanthura daguilarensis'' Bamber, 2000 **''Dryadillo maculatus'' (Arcangeli, 1952B) **''Exalloniscus rotundatus'' Taiti & Ferrara, 1986A **''Burmoniscus ocellatus'' (Verhoeff, 1928D) **''Dynoides daguilarensis'' Li 2000


Arachnida Arachnids are arthropods in the class Arachnida () of the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and vinegaroons. Adult arachnids ...


Araneae Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

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Gnaphosidae Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include '' Gnaphosa'', '' Drassode ...
**''Hongkongia wuae'' *
Philodromidae Philodromidae, also known as philodromid crab spiders and running crab spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell in 1870 (then known as subfamily Philodrominae within Thomisidae). It contains over ...
**''Thanatus hongkong'' Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997 *
Lycosidae Wolf spiders are members of the Family (biology), family Lycosidae (), named for their robust and agile hunting skills and excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin spider web, webs. Some are opportunis ...
**''Pardosa pacata'' Fox, 1937 *
Hahniidae Dwarf sheet spiders (Hahniidae) is a family of araneomorph spiders, first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1878. Description Their bodies are about long, and they build extremely delicate webs in the form of a sheet that does not lead to a retr ...
**''Hahnia thortoni'' Brignoli, 1982* *
Amaurobiidae Amaurobiidae is a family of three-clawed cribellate or ecribellate spiders found in crevices and hollows or under stones where they build retreats, and are often collected in pitfall traps. Unlidded burrows are sometimes quite obvious in crusty, ...
**''Bifidocoelotes primus'' (Fox, 1937)* *
Oxyopidae Lynx spiders (Oxyopidae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. Most species make little use of webs, instead spending their lives as hunting spiders on plants. Many species frequent flowers in particular, ...
**''Oxyopes daksina'' Sherriffs, 1955 *
Salticidae Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...
**''Pseudamycus bicoronatus'' Simon, 1901* **''Pseudamycus relucens'' Simon, 1901* **''Pancorius hongkong'' Song & al., 1997* **''Bianor hongkong'' Song, Xie, Zhu, Wu, 1997* **''Langona hongkong'' Song, Xie, Zhu, Wu, 1997* **''Habrocestum hongkongiensis'' Proszynski, 1992* **''Icius hongkong '' Song, Xie, Zhu, Wu, 1997* **''Nanthela hongkong'' (Song & Wu, 1997) **''Portia orientalis'' Murphy & Murphy, 1983 **''Thiania inermis'' (Karsch, 1897) *
Corinnidae Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now very much sm ...
**''Castianeira hongkong'' Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997 *
Liphistiidae The spider family Liphistiidae was first recognized by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. When narrowly circumscribed, it comprises a single genus '' Liphistius'', native to Southeast Asia; , this was the circumscription accepted by the World Spider Cata ...
**''Nanthela hongkong'' (Song and Wu, 1997) *
Thomisidae The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of thi ...
**''Mastira tegularis'' Xu, Han & Li, 2008* **''Massuria bellula'' Xu, Han & Li, 2008* **''Diaea simplex'' Xu, Han & Li, 2008* **''Lysiteles hongkong'' Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997 **''Ebrechtella hongkong'' (Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997)


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Acari Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as ea ...

= *'' Copidognathus daguilarensis'' Bartsch, 1997 *'' Copidognathus gracilunguis'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus inconspicuus'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus longiunguis'' Bartsch, 1990 *'' Copidognathus monacanthus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus neptuneus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus occultans'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus paluster'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus polyporus'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus strictulus'' Bartsch, 1997 *'' Copidognathus umbonatus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus vicinus'' Bartsch, 1997 *'' Rhombognathus arenarius'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Rhombognathus dictyotus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Rhombognathus hirtellus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Rhombognathus luxtoni'' (Bartsch, 1992) *'' Rhombognathus neptunellus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Rhombognathus obesus'' (Bartsch, 1992) *'' Rhombognathus setellus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Rhombognathus sinensis'' Bartsch, 1990 *'' Rhombognathus sinensoideus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Rhombognathus verrucosus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Actacarus sinensis'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus acanthoscelus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus cephalocanthus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus cerberoideus'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus consobrinus'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus gracilunguis'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus daguilarensis'' Bartsch, 1997 *'' Copidognathus inconspicuus'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus longiunguis'' Bartsch, 1990 *'' Copidognathus monacanthus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus neptuneus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus occultans'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus paluster'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus polyporus'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Copidognathus strictulus'' Bartsch, 1997 *'' Copidognathus umbonatus'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Copidognathus vicinus'' Bartsch, 1997 *'' Arhodeoporus minusculus'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Agauopsis ammodytes'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Agauopsis arenaria'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Agauopsis humilis'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Agauopsis sordida'' Bartsch, 1992 *'' Scaptognathus triunguis'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Simognathus foveolatus'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Acarochelopodia lapidaria'' Bartsch, 1991 *'' Litarachna hongkongensis'' Smit, 2002


Insects


Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

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Tineoidea Tineoidea is the ditrysian superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it, Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, whose r ...
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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. ...
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Myrmecozelinae The Myrmecozelinae are a subfamily of moth of 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 co ...
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Thisizima ''Thisizima'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae. Species *''Thisizima antiphanes'' Meyrick, 1894 *''Thisizima bovina'' Meyrick, 1928 *''Thisizima bubalopa'' Meyrick, 1911 *''Thisizima ceratella'' Walker, 1864 ...
fasciaria'' Yang, Li & Kendrick, 2012 ***''
Thisizima ''Thisizima'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae. Species *''Thisizima antiphanes'' Meyrick, 1894 *''Thisizima bovina'' Meyrick, 1928 *''Thisizima bubalopa'' Meyrick, 1911 *''Thisizima ceratella'' Walker, 1864 ...
subceratella'' Yang, Li & Kendrick, 2012 *
Gracillarioidea Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most comm ...
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Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...
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Gracillariinae Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854. Genera Gracillariidae phylogeny has been revised in 2017(Kawahara et al. 2017) and the Acrocercopinae subfamily is contains 25 genera (59 genera were ...
***'' Gibbovalva singularis'' Bai & Li, 2008 *
Gelechioidea __NOTOC__ Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the Taxonomic rank, superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. ...
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Oecophoridae Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this. ...
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Oecophorinae __NOTOC__ The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (biology), family (Oecophoridae). They are part of the insufficiently studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and like their relatives, the Circu ...
***'' Promalactis quinilineata'' Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009* ***'' Promalactis similinfulata'' Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009* ***'' Promalactis noviloba'' Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009* ***'' Promalactis longiuncata'' Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009* ***'' Promalactis biovata'' Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009* ***'' Promalactis lobatifera'' Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009* ***'' Promalactis apicispinifera'' Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009* ***'' Stereodytis acutidens'' Wang & Kendrick, 2009* ***'' Stereodytis brevignatha'' Wang & Kendrick, 2009* *
Stathmopodidae Stathmopodidae is a family of moths in the moth Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. Taxonomy and systematics *''Actinoscelis'' Meyrick, 1912 *''Aeoloscelis'' Meyrick, 1897 *''Arauzona'' Walker,
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Hieromantis ''Hieromantis'' is a genus of moths in the Stathmopodidae Stathmopodidae is a family of moths in the moth Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. Taxonomy and systematics *''Actinoscelis'' Meyrick, 1912 * ...
arcuata'' Guan & Li, 2015 ***''
Stathmopoda ''Stathmopoda'' is a genus of moths. It has variously been placed in its own family, Stathmopodidae, or in subfamily Stathmopodinae in the family Oecophoridae. Note that the phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully res ...
tetracantha'' Wang, Wang & Guan, 2021* *
Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wing ...
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Xyloryctinae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wing ...
***'' Neospastis sinensis'' Bradley, 1967* *
Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...
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Scaeosophinae The Scaeosophinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae. Genera *''Allotalanta'' *''Archisopha'' *''Cyphothyris'' *''Helicacma'' *''Hyalochna'' *''Isostreptis'' *''Protogrypa'' *''Scaeosopha'' *''Scalideutis'' *''Streptothyris'' *''Syntomaula'' ...
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Scaeosopha ''Scaeosopha'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Species *''mitescens'' species group **'' Scaeosopha chionoscia'' **'' Scaeosopha convexa'' **''Scaeosopha dentivalvula'' **'' Scaeosopha gibbosa'' **'' Scaeosopha grandannula ...
hongkongensis'' Li & Zhang, 2012* *
Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...
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Dichomeridinae Dichomeridinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Distribution Almost worldwide, except the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Diversity The subfamily formerly included three tribes, about 29 genera and about 900 species. However, a ...
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Dichomeris ''Dichomeris'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Selected species *''ligulella'' species group **''Dichomeris ligulella'' Hübner, 1818 **'' Dichomeris gausapa'' Hodges, 1986 *''acuminata'' species g ...
argentenigera'' Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010 ***''
Dichomeris ''Dichomeris'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Selected species *''ligulella'' species group **''Dichomeris ligulella'' Hübner, 1818 **'' Dichomeris gausapa'' Hodges, 1986 *''acuminata'' species g ...
hamulifera'' Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010* ***''
Dichomeris ''Dichomeris'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Selected species *''ligulella'' species group **''Dichomeris ligulella'' Hübner, 1818 **'' Dichomeris gausapa'' Hodges, 1986 *''acuminata'' species g ...
parvisexafurca'' Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010* * Sesioidea *
Sesiidae The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnality, diurnal moth family (biology), family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera. The family consists of 165 genus, genera ...
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Sesiinae The Sesiinae are a subfamily of clearwing moths, identified by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1828.Boisduval, 1828; Eur. Lepid. Index Meth. 1: 29 References * * Sesiinaeat Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and ...
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Toleria ''Toleria'' is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae. Species * ''Toleria abiaeformis'' Walker, 865/small> * '' Toleria aegerides'' (Strand, 916 * '' Toleria aritai'' Ogane & Kallies, 2020 * '' Toleria colochelyna'' (Bryk, 1947) * '' Toleria ...
sinensis'' (Walker, 1854)* **
Sesiinae The Sesiinae are a subfamily of clearwing moths, identified by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1828.Boisduval, 1828; Eur. Lepid. Index Meth. 1: 29 References * * Sesiinaeat Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and ...
- Paranthrenini ***'' Gaea variegata'' (Walker, 1854)* *
Zygaenoidea The Zygaenoidea comprise the superfamily of moths that includes burnet moths, forester moths, and relatives. The families are: * Aididae * Anomoeotidae * Cyclotornidae * Dalceridae * Epipyropidae * Heterogynidae * Himantopteridae * Lact ...
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Epipyropidae The Epipyropidae comprise a small family (biology), family of moths. This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectoparasites, the hosts typically being Planthopper, fulgoroid planth ...
***'' Fulgoraecia bowringii'' Newman, 1851 * Tortricoidea *
Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...
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Tortricinae The Tortricinae are the nominate subfamily of tortrix moths. Commonly referred to as leafrollers, as the larvae build shelters by folding or rolling leaves of the food plant, the tortricinae include several notable pests as well species used as ...
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Cochylini The Cochylini are a tribe of tortrix moths. It used to be classified as the subfamily Cochylinae. Diversity The tribe contains about 1,000 described species in about 80 genera. Distribution Members of the tribe are present worldwide, but the gr ...
***'' Gynnidomorpha pista'' (Diakonoff, 1984)*
Original combination = '' Phalonidia pista'' Diakonoff, 1984 **
Chlidanotinae Chlidanotinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is ...
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Hilarographini Hilarographini is a tribe of moths in the family Tortricidae. Genera *'' Charitographa'' *'' Hilarographa'' (syn: '' Thaumatographa'') *'' Idiothauma'' *'' Tortrimosaica'' Former genera *'' Mictocommosis'' *'' Nexosa'' Taxonomy The monobasi ...
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Hilarographa ''Hilarographa'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. Species *'' Hilarographa ancilla'' Razowski, 2009 *'' Hilarographa aurosa'' Diakonoff & Arita, 1976 *'' Hilarographa auroscripta'' Razowski, 2009 *'' Hilarographa balian ...
shehkonga'' Razowski, 2009* **
Olethreutinae Olethreutinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae. Genera ''incertae sedis'' This tortricine genus has not been assigned to a tribe yet: :''Melanalopha'' References * Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Ident ...
***'' Sorolopha archimedias'' (Meyrick, 1912)
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Pyraloidea The Pyraloidea (pyraloid moths or snout moths) are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide, and probably at least as many more remain to be described. They are generally fairly small moths, and as such, they have ...
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Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
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Musotiminae Musotiminae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 Genera *''Aeolopetra'' *''Albusambia'' *''Ambia (moth), Ambia'' (= ''Metathyrida'' , ''Metathyridia'' ) *''Austromusotima'' *''Baeopt ...
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Siamusotima ''Siamusotima'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Maria Alma Solis Maria Alma Solis (born February 9, 1956) is an entomologist at the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL) of the Agricultural Research Ser ...
disrupta'' Solis, 2017* **
Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,180 described species in 351 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids. Description Imagines ...
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Palpita ''Palpita'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus ''Stemorrhages'' may be very similar in appearance. Species *''Palpita aenescentalis'' Munroe, 1952 *''Palpita aethrophanes'' (Meyrick, 1934) *''Palpita albif ...
minuscula'' Inoue, 1996* ***''
Palpita ''Palpita'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus ''Stemorrhages'' may be very similar in appearance. Species *''Palpita aenescentalis'' Munroe, 1952 *''Palpita aethrophanes'' (Meyrick, 1934) *''Palpita albif ...
parvifraterna'' Inoue, 1999* *
Geometroidea The Geometroidea are the superfamily of geometrid moths in the order Lepidoptera. It includes the families Geometridae, Uraniidae, Epicopeiidae, Sematuridae Sematuridae is a Family (biology), family of moths in the lepidopteran Order (bio ...
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Geometridae The geometer moths are 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, paraphyleti ...
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Ennominae Ennominae is the largest subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with some 9,700 described species in 1,100 genera. Most species are fairly small, though some (such as the peppered moth) grow to be considerably large. This subfamily ...
***'' Microcalicha reelsi'' Sato & Galsworthy, 1998 ***'' Pseudothalera carolinae'' Galsworthy, 1997 ***'' Psilalcis galsworthyi'' Sato, 1996* **
Larentiinae Larentiinae is a subfamily of moths containing roughly 5,800 species that occur mostly in the temperate regions of the world. They are generally considered a subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae) and are divided into a few large or ...
***'' Sauris purpurotincta'' Galsworthy, 1999 ***'' Sauris victoriae'' Galsworthy, 1999* ***'' Axinoptera anticostalis'' Galsworthy, 1999 ***''
Eupithecia ''Eupithecia'' is the largest genus of moths of the family Geometridae, and the namesake and type genus of tribe Eupitheciini. Species in the genus are, like those of other genera in the tribe, commonly known as pugs. The genus is highly specios ...
sekkongensis'' Galsworthy, 1999
a junior synonym of '' E. mundiscripta'' (Warren, 1907) ***'' Sigilliclystis kendricki'' Galsworthy, 1999* ***'' Spiralisigna gloriae'' Galsworthy, 1999* **
Geometrinae Geometrinae is the nominate subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is strongly split, containing a considerable number of tribes of which most are presently very small or monotypic. These small moths are often a light bluish gree ...
***'' Pingasa chloroides'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***'' Maxates brevicaudata'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***'' Thalassodes maipoensis'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***'' Berta rugosivalva'' Galsworthy, 1997 ***'' Microloxia chlorissoides'' (Prout, 1912) *
Papilionoidea Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
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Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
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Hesperiinae Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described sp ...
***'' Halpe paupera walthewi'' Devyatkin, 2002* *
Bombycoidea Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths, including the silk moths, giant silk moths, sphinx moths, saturniids, and relatives. The superfamily Lasiocampoidea is a close relative and was historically sometimes merged in this group. After many ...
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Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar ...
** Macroglossinae - Macroglossini ***''
Theretra ''Theretra'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was established by Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schme ...
suffusa'' (Walker, 1856) *
Noctuoidea Noctuoidea is the superfamily of noctuid (Latin "night owl") or "owlet" moths, and has more than 70,000 described species, the largest number of any Lepidopteran superfamily. Its classification has not yet reached a satisfactory or stable stat ...
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Notodontidae Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, es ...
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Notodontinae Notodontinae is the nominate subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae. The Ptilodoninae are sometimes merged herein. The genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biolog ...
***'' Neodrymonia taipoensis'' Galsworthy, 1997 *
Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
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Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
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Lithosiini The Lithosiini are a tribe of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was described by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. Systematics The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Lithosiinae, within the lichen a ...
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Cyana ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...
harterti'' (Elwes, 1890) **
Lymantriinae The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893. Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The ca ...
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Aroa ochripicta ''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java. Description They are diurnal fliers. The gen ...
'' Moore, 1879
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Lymantriinae The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893. Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The ca ...
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Nygmiini The Nygmiini are a tribe of tussock moths of the Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of w ...
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Euproctis ''Euproctis'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are cosmopolitan, widespread throughout Palearctic, African, Oriental and Australian regions. Molecular phylogenetic studies indicate tha ...
seitzi'' Strand, 1910 **
Hypenodinae The Hypenodinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. Adult moths of most species of this subfamily lack small, ocellus, simple eyes near the large, compound eyes and have quadrifine (four-veined) hindwing cells. The Micronoctuini, mi ...
- Hypenodini ***'' Luceria striata'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***'' Schrankia bilineata'' Galsworthy, 1997* **Hypenodinae -
Micronoctuini The Micronoctuini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae that includes about 400 described species. Typical species in the tribe have bifine hindwing venation (unlike most of the related subfamily Hypenodinae) and are smaller than those in ...
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Belluliina The Belluliina are a subtribe of moths of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety ...
***'' Bellulia galsworthyi'' Fibiger, 2008* ***'' Fustius sterlingi'' Fibiger, 2010* **
Hypeninae The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is '' Mecistoptera griseifusa'', Taxonomy The subfamily was previously classi ...
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Lysimelia ''Lysimelia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. Species *''Lysimelia alborenalis'' Roepke, 1938 Sulawesi *''Lysimelia alstoni'' Holloway, 1979 Sri Lanka * ...
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Pangraptinae The Pangraptinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy Phylogenetic analysis only weakly supports the subfamily as a clade but determines that the clade containing the Aganainae, Herminiinae (litter moths), and Arctiinae (tig ...
***'' Pangrapta bicornuta'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***'' Pangrapta roseinotata'' Galsworthy, 1997* **
Boletobiinae The Boletobiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. Taxonomy Phylogenetic analysis has determined that several subfamilies of the family Erebidae tha ...
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Cerynea ''Cerynea'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859. Etymology ''Cerynea'' is possibly derived from the hills of Cerynea, where Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero He ...
discontenta'' Galsworthy, 1998* ***'' Hyposada kadooriensis'' Galsworthy, 1998* ** Erebiinae ***''
Oglasa ''Oglasa'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. Species *'' Oglasa annulisigna'' Hampson, 1926 Ghana *'' Oglasa ansorgei'' (Bethune-Baker, 1913) Angola *'' Oglasa apicalis'' (Leech ...
stygiana'' Galsworthy, 1997 ***''
Ugia ''Ugia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1858. Species *''Ugia albilinea'' Hampson, 1926 *''Ugia albooculata'' (Saalmüller, 1880) (Madagascar) *''Ugia amaponda'' (Felder & ...
purpurea'' Galsworthy, 1997 ***''
Ugia ''Ugia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1858. Species *''Ugia albilinea'' Hampson, 1926 *''Ugia albooculata'' (Saalmüller, 1880) (Madagascar) *''Ugia amaponda'' (Felder & ...
insuspecta'' Galsworthy, 1997 *
Nolidae Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...
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Nolinae Nolinae is a subfamily of the moth Family (biology), family Nolidae. The subfamily was erected by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1846. They resemble some Arctiidae in appearance. Genera Former genera * ''Melaleucia'' – transferre ...
***'' Spininola kendricki'' László & Sterling, 2020* ***'' Hampsonola ceciliae'' László & Sterling, 2020* ** Eligminae ***'' Baroa vatala'' Swinhoe, 1894 *
Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
** Dyopsinae ***'' Belciana scorpio'' Galsworthy, 1997* **
Bagisarinae ''Bagisara'' is a genus of moths of the monotypic subfamily Bagisarinae of the family Noctuidae. It is found mainly in North America and the Amazon rainforest. Species * ''Bagisara albicosta'' Schaus, 1911 * ''Bagisara avangareza'' Schaus, 1911 * ...
***'' Chasmina sinuata'' Galsworthy, 1997* **
Noctuinae The Noctuinae are a subfamily of the family Noctuidae, and is composed of moths. The larvae of many species feed on roots or stems of various grasses. Some are generalist feeders which makes them potential pests. Noctuid systematics is in a ...
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Caradrinini The Caradrinini are a mid-sized tribe of moths in the family Noctuidae . Genera *'' Andropolia'' Grote, 1895 *'' Athetis'' Hübner, 1821 *'' Bellura'' Walker, 1865 *'' Callopistria'' Hübner, 1821 *'' Caradrina'' *'' Conservula'' Grote, 1874 *'' ...
- Athetiina ***'' Athetis hongkongensis'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''
Athetis ''Athetis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Species Former species * ''Athetis miranda'' is now ''Proxenus miranda'' (Grote, 1873) * ''Athetis mindara'' is now ''Proxenus mindara'' ( ...
bispurca'' Galsworthy, 1997* **
Noctuinae The Noctuinae are a subfamily of the family Noctuidae, and is composed of moths. The larvae of many species feed on roots or stems of various grasses. Some are generalist feeders which makes them potential pests. Noctuid systematics is in a ...
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Orthosiini The Orthosiini are a mid-sized tribe (biology), tribe of noctuid moths in the subfamily Noctuinae. The tribe was erected by Achille Guenée in 1837. It was previously included in the former subfamily Hadeninae before being moved. Genera include ...
***'' Egira ambigua'' Galsworthy, 1997*


Odonata Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the '' Epiophlebia'' damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with ...

* Cordullidae **'' Macromidia katae'' Wilson, 1993 **'' Macromidia ellanae'' Wilson, 1996* *
Gomphidae The Gomphidae are a family of dragonflies commonly referred to as clubtails or club-tailed dragonflies. The family contains about 90 genera and 900 species found across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The name refers ...
**'' Leptogomphus elegans hongkongensis'' Asahina, 1988* **'' Fukienogomphus choifongae'' Wilson & Tam, 2006* **'' Melligomphus molluami'' Wilson, 1995 *
Megapodagrionidae Megapodagrionidae is a family of damselflies. They are commonly called flatwings for their habit of spreading out their wings horizontally when at rest. A 2013 phylogenetic analysis pares down this family into only three genera, and numerous ot ...
**'' Rhipidolestes janetae'' Wilson, 1977* *
Platystictidae Platystictidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as shadowdamsels. They look very similar to the threadtail damselfly family ( Protoneuridae). They can mostly be found throughout Asia, Central America, and South America. Most members of ...
**'' Drepanosticta hongkongensis'' Wilson, 1977 **'' Protosticta beaumonti'' Wilson, 1997 **'' Protosticta taipokauensis'' Asahina & Dudgeon, 1987 **'' Stylogomphus chunliuae'' Chao, 1954


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Baetidae Baetidae is a family of mayfly, mayflies with about 1000 described species in 110 genera distributed worldwide. These are among the smallest of mayflies, adults rarely exceeding 10 mm in length excluding the two long slender tails and someti ...
**'' Alainites acutulus'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 **'' Alainites lingulatus'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 **'' Chorpralla fusina'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 **'' Caenis bicornis'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 **'' Caenis lubrica'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 *
Ephemerellidae Ephemerellidae are known as the spiny crawler mayflies. They are a family of the order Ephemeroptera. There are eight genera consisting of a total 90 species (Merritt & Cummins). They are distributed throughout North America as well as the UK. T ...
**'' Serratella albostriata'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 **'' Torleya arenosa'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 *
Heptageniidae The Heptageniidae (synonym: Ecdyonuridae) are a family of mayfly, mayflies with over 500 described species mainly distributed in the Holarctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical regions, and also present in the Central American Tropics and extreme north ...
**'' Compsoneuria taipokauensis'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 **'' Epeorus sagittatus'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 **'' Heptagenia ngi'' Hsu, 1936 *
Leptophlebiidae Leptophlebiidae is a family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideal ...
**'' Choroterpes petersi'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000 *
Prosopistomatidae Prosopistomatidae is a family of Mayfly, mayflies. There is one extant genus, ''Prosopistoma,'' with several dozen species found across Afro-Eurasia and Oceania. They are noted for their unusual beetle-shaped larvae, which live beneath rocks and ...
**'' Prosopistoma sinensis'' Tong & Dudgeon, 2000


Phasmatodea The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an Order (biology), order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred ...

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Phasmatidae The Phasmatidae are a family (biology), family of the stick insects (order (biology), order Phasmatodea). They belong to the Superfamily (zoology), superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatida ...
**''Ramulus caii'' (Brock & Seow-Choen 2000) **''Entoria victoria'' Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000* * Heteronemiidae **''Phraortes stomphax'' (Westwood 1859)* **''Sipyloidea shukayi'' Bi, Zhang & Lau, 2001* **''Neohirasea hongkongensis'' Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000* **''Macellina souchongia'' (Westwood, 1859)


Megaloptera Megaloptera is an order of insects. It contains the alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies, and there are about 300 known species. The order's name comes from Ancient Greek, from ''mega-'' (μέγα-) "large" + ''pteryx'' (πτέρυξ) "wi ...

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Corydalidae The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies. Making up about three dozen genera, they occur primarily throughout North America, both temperate and tropical, South America, Australia, New Zealand, ...
**'' Neochauliodes bowringi'' (McLachlan, 1867)


Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

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Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family (biology), family of small beetles. They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom; "lady" refers to Mary, mother of Jesus, mother Mary. Entomologists use the ...
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Coccidulinae The Coccidulinae are a subfamily of Coccinellidae, lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae.Species:Coccidulinae Recent molecular analyses suggest that Coccidulinae is not a monophyletic group (e.g., the tribe Novius (beetle), Noviini may belong ...
***'' Rodolia pumila'' Weise, 1892 **
Scymninae Scymninae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 170 described species in Scymninae. Genera * ''Acarinus'' Kapur, 1948 * ''Acoccidula'' Barowskij, 1931 * ''Andrzej (beetle), Andrzej'' Slipinski, 2007 * ''A ...
***'' Horniolus hisamatsui'' Miyatake, 1976* ***'' Diomus lantauensis'' Yu & Lau, 2001* ***'' Nephus eurypodus'' Yu & Lau, 2001 ***'' Scymnus alocasia'' Yu & Lau, 2001* **
Coccinellinae Coccinellinae is a subfamily of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 genera and 90 described species in Coccinellinae. Genera Coccinellinae includes these genera: * ''Adalia (beetle), Adalia'' Mulsant, 1846 * ''Aioloc ...
***'' Lemnia circumusta'' (Mulsant, 1850) ***''
Illeis confusa ''Illeis'' is a genus of ladybird beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are around 14 described species in ''Illeis'', found in south and southeast Asia, and in Oceania. Species These 14 species belong to the genus ''Illeis'': * ''Illeis bi ...
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Eulichadidae Eulichadidae is a family of beetles belonging to Elateriformia. There are two extant genera, '' Eulichas'' with several dozen species native to the Indomalayan realm of Asia, and '' Stenocolus,'' with a single species native to Western North Ame ...
**'' Eulichas dudgeoni'' Jach in Jach & Li, 1995 *
Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...
**'' Onthophagus convexicollis'' Boheman, 1858 **'' Onthophagus proletarius'' Harold, 1875 **'' Onthophagus luridipennis'' Boheman, 1858 **'' Onthophagus taurinus'' White, 1844 **'' Onthophagus lunatus'' Harold, 1868 **'' Onthophagus orientalis'' Harold, 1868 **'' Sisyphus bowringi'' White, 1841 *
Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...
**'' Atheta hongongiphila'' **'' Atheta hoihaensis'' **'' Atheta samchunensis'' **'' Pedinopleurus hongkongicola'' **'' Zyras falsus'' Hlaváč, 2005* **'' Zyras lacunarumbeneolentium'' Pace, 1993* *
Leiodidae Leiodidae is a family of beetles with around 3800 described species found worldwide. Members of this family are commonly called round fungus beetles due to the globular shape of many species, although some are more elongated in shape. They are g ...
**'' Agathidium xianggangense'' Angelini & Cooter, 1999* **'' Agathidium bowringi'' Angelini & Cooter, 1999* *
Chrysomelidae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
**'' Downesia tarsata'' Baly, 1869 **'' Dactylispa pungens'' (Boheman), 1859 **'' Callispa bowringi'' Baly, 1858 **'' Chiridopsis bowringii'' (Boheman, 1885) **'' Oides bowringii'' (Baly, 1863) *
Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by anten ...
**'' Pterolophia hongkongensis'' Gressitt, 1942 **'' Sciades hongkongensis'' Breuning, 1968


Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typi ...

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Chalcidoidea Chalcid wasps (, , for their metallic colour) are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera. The superfamily contains some 22,500 known species, and an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, m ...
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Aphelinidae The Aphelinidae are a moderate-sized family of tiny parasitic wasps, with about 1100 described species in some 28 genera. These minute insects are challenging to study, as they deteriorate rapidly after death unless extreme care is taken (e.g., ...
** Aphelininae ***'' Aphelinus hongkongensis'' Hayat, 1994 *
Encyrtidae Encyrtidae is a large family of parasitic wasps, with some 3710 described species in about 455 genera. The larvae of the majority are primary parasitoids on Hemiptera, though other hosts are attacked, and details of the life history can be variab ...
** Encrytinae ***'' Leurocerus hongkongensis'' Subba Rao, 1971 *
Ormyridae The Ormyridae are a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are either parasitoids or hyperparasitoids on gall-forming insects, Asparagobiinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024 *'' Asparagobius'' Mayr, 19 ...
** Ormyrinae ***'' Ormyrus hongkongensis'' Narendran, 1999 *
Chrysidoidea The superfamily Chrysidoidea is a very large cosmopolitan group, all of which are parasitoids or cleptoparasites of other insects. There are three large, common families (Bethylidae, Chrysididae, and Dryinidae) and four small, rare families (Em ...
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Bethylidae The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps. Overview Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera and mos ...
** Mesitiinae ***'' Metrionotus hongkongensis'' Moczar, 1974 ** Pristocerinae ***'' Pseudisobrachium hongkongense'' Terayama, 1996 * Dyrinidae ** Dryininae ***'' Dryinus bellicus'' Olmi, 1987 ** Gonatopodinae ***'' Neodryinus dolosus'' Olmi, 1984* *
Apoidea The superfamily Apoidea is a major group (of over 30 000 species) within the Hymenoptera, which includes two traditionally recognized lineages, the "sphecoid" wasps, and the bees. Molecular phylogeny demonstrates that the bees arose from ...
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Crabronidae The Crabronidae is a large family of wasps within the superfamily Apoidea. Taxonomy and phylogeny This family has historically been treated as a subfamily in the now-defunct Spheciformes group under the family Sphecidae. The Spheciformes inclu ...
** Larrinae ***'' Trypoxylon takasago hongkongense'' Tsuneki, 1981 *
Vespoidea Vespoidea is a superfamily of wasps in the order Hymenoptera. Vespoidea includes wasps with a large variety of lifestyles including eusocial, social, and solitary habits, predators, scavengers, parasitoids, and some herbivores. Descriptio ...
* Formicidae **
Formicinae The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development. Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and littl ...
***'' Camponotus maculatus hongkongensis''
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/small> ***'' Camponotus irritans hongkongensis'' Forel, 1912 **
Myrmicinae Myrmicinae is a subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily ...
***'' Pheidole hongkongensis'' Wheeler, 1928 *
Vespidae The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as '' Polistes fuscatus'', '' Vespa orientalis'', and ''Vespula germanica'') and many solitary wasps. Eac ...
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Polistinae The Polistinae is a subfamily of eusocial wasps belonging to the family Vespidae. They are closely related to the wasps (“yellowjackets” as they are called in North America) and true hornets of the subfamily Vespinae, containing four tribes ...
***'' Ropalidia hongkongensis'' (Saussure, 1854) **
Eumeninae Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae. Mud dauber wasps, which also build their nests with m ...
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Parancistrocerus hongkongensis ''Parancistrocerus'' is a rather large genus of potter wasps whose distribution spans the Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Oriental and Neotropical regions. A pair of medial pits on the anterior face of the pronotum and the expansion of the tegula ...
'' Gusenleitner, 2002


Isoptera Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the soft-bo ...

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Rhinotermitidae Rhinotermitidae, sensu novo are a family (biology), family of Neoisoptera, Neoisopteran termites represented by genera formerly held within the now historical subfamily Rhinotermitinae. The soldiers of Rhinotermitidae notably possess a labral bru ...
**''Coptotermes hongkongensis'' Oshima, 1914 **''Coptotermes melanoistriatus'' Lau & He, 1995 *
Termitidae Termitidae is the largest family of termites consisting of 2,125 described species of which are commonly known as the higher termites. They are evolutionarily the most specialised termite group, with their highly compartmentalized hindgut lackin ...
**''Ahmaditermes choui'' Ping & Tong, 1989 **''Macrotermes planicapitatus'' Gao & Lau, 1996 **''Nasutitermes choui'' Ping & Xu, 1989 **''Nasutitermes dudgeoni'' Gao & Lam, 1986


Psocoptera Psocoptera () are a paraphyletic group of insects that are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies. The name Psocoptera has been replaced with Psocodea in recent literature, with the inclusion of the former order Phthiraptera into Psoc ...

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Epipsocidae Epipsocidae is an insect family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, that includes, among others, the genera '' Bertkauia'', '' Epipsocus'', '' Epipsocopsis'', '' Goja'', and the New Guinean endemic '' Dicropso ...
**''Hinduipsocus hongkongensis'' Li & Mockford, 1997 *
Mesopsocidae Mesopsocidae is a Family (biology), family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterized by their free areola postica. The family includes more than 70 species. References Sour ...
**''Mesopsocus hongkongensis'' Thornton, 1959 *
Peripsocidae Peripsocidae is a Family (biology), family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterised by their absence of an areola postica in their wings. Many of the recently described gener ...
**''Peripsocus hongkongensis'' Thornton & Wong, 1968


Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...

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Ceratopogonidae Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, sand flies or biting midges, generally in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic. A 2025 study fro ...
**''Forcipomyia nanshengwei'' **''Forcipomyia yuani'' **''Forcipomyia fengjiensis'' **''Forcipomyiia claris'' **''Bezzia datana'' **''Bezzia lujingi'' **''Leptoconops hongkongensis'' **''Dasyhelea abronica'' *
Culicidae Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a Family (biology), family of small Diptera, flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word ''mosquito'' (formed by ''Musca (fly), mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish and Portuguese for ''little fly''. Mos ...
**''Uranotaenia jacksoni'' Edwards, 1935 **''Uranotaenia macfarlanei'' Edwards, 1914 **''Culex annulus'' Theobald, 1901 **''Culex infantulus'' Edwards, 1922 **''Culex jacksoni'' Edwards, 1934 **''Aedes macfarianei'' (Edwards), 1914 **''Ficalbia jacksoni'' Mattingly, 1949 **''Anopheles minimus'' Theobald, 1901 **''Anopheles maculatus'' Theobald, 1901 *
Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t ...
**''Peribaea hongkongensis'' Tachi & Shima, 2002


Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from ...

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Aleyrodidae Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They comprise the family (biology), family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than List of whitefly species, 1550 species have been ...
**''Paraleyrodes pseudonaranjae'' Martin, 2001 *
Aphididae The Aphididae are a very large insect family in the aphid superfamily ( Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. These insects suck the sap from plant leaves. Several thousand species are placed in this family, many of which are considered plant/cr ...
**''Aulacophoroides millettiae'' Qiao, Jiang & Martin, 2006 **''Toxoptera victroiae'' Martin, 1991 *
Coccidae Coccidae, from Ancient Greek (''kókkos''), meaning "kernel" or "Kermes (insect), Kermes", are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Scale insect, Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales ...
**''Cribropulvinaria tailungensis'' Hodgson & Martin, 2001 **''Fistulococcus pokfulamensis'' Hodgson & Martin, 2005 *
Miridae The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the Synonym (taxonomy), taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and g ...
**'' Orientomiris sinicus'' (Walker), 1873


Trichoptera The caddisflies (order Trichoptera) are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the basis ...

* Helicopsychidae **''Helicopsyche agnetae'' Johanson & Oláh, 2008


See also

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Environment of Hong Kong The ecology of Hong Kong is mostly affected by the results of climatic changes. Hong Kong's climate is seasonal due to alternating wind direction between winter and summer. Hong Kong has been geologically stable for millions of years. Flora an ...


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External links


The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
Environment of Hong Kong