Acrolophus Poey, 1832
Anaphora Clemens, 1859
Derchis Walker, 1863
Hibita Walker, 1863
Tirasia Walker, 1863
Eddara Walker, 1863; (preocc. Walker, 1858)
Bazira Walker, 1864
Phlongia Walker, 1864
Urbara Walker, 1864
Tachasara Walker, 1865
Eutheca Grote, 1881; (preocc. Kiesenwetter, 1877)
Eulepiste Walsingham, 1882
Pseudoconchylis Walsingham, 1884
Homonymus Walsingham, 1887
Neolophus Walsingham, 1887
Hypoclopus Walsingham, 1887
Thysanoscelis Walsingham, 1887
Ankistrophorus Walsingham, 1887
Caenogenes Walsingham, 1887
Felderia Walsingham, 1887
Ortholophus Walsingham, 1887
Pseudanaphora Walsingham, 1887
Sapinella Kirby, 1892
Atopocera Walsingham, 1897
Pilanophora Walsingham, 1897
Apoclisis Walsingham, 1914
Anaphorina Strand, 1932
Thysanoskelis[sic, recte Thysanoscelis ] ; Walsingham, 1887
Thysanosedes[sic] ; Druce, 1901
Hypocolpus[sic] ; Dyar, 1903
Anophora[sic] ; Kearfott, 1903
Acrolophus ; Hasbrouck, 1964, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 114 (3475) : 487 -706
Acrolophus (Tineidae) ; [NACL] , 6
Acrolophus acanthogonus Meyrick, 1919
Acrolophus acanthogonus ; [NACL] , #338
Acrolophus acornus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus acornus ; [NACL] , #339
Acrolophus arcanella (Clemens, 1859)
Acrolophus arcanella ; [NACL] , #340
Acrolophus arizonellus Walsingham, 1887
Acrolophus arizonellus ; [NACL] , #341
Acrolophus baldufi Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus baldufi ; [NACL] , #342
Acrolophus bicornutus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus bicornutus ; [NACL] , #343
Acrolophus chiricahuae Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus chiricahuae ; [NACL] , #344
Acrolophus cockerelli (Dyar, 1900)
Acrolophus cockerelli ; [NACL] , #345
Acrolophus crescentella (Kearfott, 1907)
Acrolophus crescentella ; [NACL] , #346
Acrolophus cressoni (Walsingham, 1882)
Acrolophus cressoni ; [NACL] , #347
Acrolophus davisellus Beutenmüller, 1887
Acrolophus davisellus ; [NACL] , #348
Acrolophus dorsimaculus (Dyar, 1900)
Acrolophus dorsimaculus ; [NACL] , #349
Acrolophus exaphristus Meyrick, 1919
Acrolophus exaphristus ; [NACL] , #350
Acrolophus fervidus Busck, 1912
antonellus (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Acrolophus fervidus ; [NACL] , #351
Acrolophus filicornus (Walsingham, 1887)
mexicanellus Beutenmüller, 1888
Acrolophus filicornus ; [NACL] , #352
Acrolophus forbesi Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus forbesi ; [NACL] , #353
Acrolophus furcatus (Walsingham, 1887)
Acrolophus furcatus ; [NACL] , #354
Acrolophus griseus (Walsingham, 1887)
leucallactis Meyrick, 1919
Acrolophus griseus ; [NACL] , #355
A. g. capitatus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus griseus capitatus ; [NACL] , #355a
Acrolophus juxtatus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus juxtatus ; [NACL] , #356
Acrolophus kearfotti (Dyar, 1903)
Acrolophus kearfotti ; [NACL] , #357
Acrolophus klotsi Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus klotsi ; [NACL] , #358
Acrolophus laticapitanus (Walsingham, 1884)
unistriganus (Dyar, 1903)
Acrolophus laticapitanus ; [NACL] , #359
A. l. clarkei Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus laticapitanus clarkei ; [NACL] , #359a
A. l. heinrichi Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus laticapitanus heinrichi ; [NACL] , #359b
A. l. leopardus Busck, 1910
Acrolophus laticapitanus leopardus ; [NACL] , #359c
A. l. occidens Busck, 1910
flavicomus Busck, 1912
= Acrolophus laticapitanus occidens ; [NACL] , #359d
Acrolophus laticapitanus occidens ; [NACL] , #359d
Acrolophus leucodocis (Zeller, 1877)
medioliniella (Kearfott, 1907)
Acrolophus leucodocis ; [NACL] , #360
Acrolophus luriei Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus luriei ; [NACL] , #361
Acrolophus macrogaster (Walsingham, 1887)
Acrolophus macrogaster ; [NACL] , #362
A. m. bipectinicornus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus macrogaster bipectinicornus ; [NACL] , #362a
A. m. laminicornus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus macrogaster laminicornus ; [NACL] , #362b
A. m. unipectinicornus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus macrogaster unipectinicornus ; [NACL] , #362c
Acrolophus macrophallus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus macrophallus ; [NACL] , #363
Acrolophus maculifer (Walsingham, 1887)
Acrolophus maculifer ; [NACL] , #364
Acrolophus minor (Dyar, 1903)
coloradellus (Walsingham, 1907)
Acrolophus minor ; [NACL] , #365
Acrolophus mortipennella (Grote, 1872)
quadripunctellus (Dyar, 1900)
carphologus Meyrick, 1919
zeela (Hasbrouck, 1964); (unavail.)
Acrolophus mortipennella ; [NACL] , #366
Acrolophus morus (Grote, 1881)
Acrolophus morus ; [NACL] , #367
Acrolophus panamae Busck, 1914
Acrolophus panamae ; [NACL] , #368
Acrolophus parvipalpus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus parvipalpus ; [NACL] , #369
Acrolophus persimplex (Dyar, 1900)
Acrolophus persimplex ; [NACL] , #370
Acrolophus piger (Dyar, 1900)
Acrolophus piger ; [NACL] , #371
Acrolophus plumifrontella (Clemens, 1859)
bombycinus (Zeller, 1873)
cervinus Walsingham, 1887
angustipennellus Beutenmüller, 1887
Acrolophus plumifrontella ; [NACL] , #372
Acrolophus popeanella (Clemens, 1859)
agrotipennella (Grote, 1872)
scardinus (Zeller, 1872)
morrisoni (Walsingham, 1887)
confusellus (Dyar, 1900)
Acrolophus popeanella ; [NACL] , #373
Acrolophus propinquus (Walsingham, 1887)
tenuis (Walsingham, 1887)
violaceellus Beutenmüller, 1887
busckella (Haimbach, 1915)
Acrolophus propinquus ; [NACL] , #374
Acrolophus pseudohirsutus Hasbrouck, 1964
hirsutus Busck, 1912; (preocc. Walsingham, 1887)
Acrolophus pseudohirsutus ; [NACL] , #375
Acrolophus punctellus (Busck, 1907)
Acrolophus punctellus ; [NACL] , #376
Acrolophus pyramellus (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Acrolophus pyramellus ; [NACL] , #377
Acrolophus quadrellus (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Acrolophus quadrellus ; [NACL] , #378
Acrolophus seculatus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus seculatus ; [NACL] , #379
Acrolophus serratus Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus serratus ; [NACL] , #380
Acrolophus simulatus Walsingham, 1882
Acrolophus simulatus ; [NACL] , #381
Acrolophus sinclairi Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus sinclairi ; [NACL] , #382
A. s. nelsoni Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus sinclairi nelsoni ; [NACL] , #382a
Acrolophus texanella (Chambers, 1878)
hulstellus Beutenmüller, 1887
barnesii (Dyar, 1900)
Acrolophus texanella ; [NACL] , #383
Acrolophus vanduzeei Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus vanduzeei ; [NACL] , #384
Acrolophus variabilis (Walsingham, 1887)
Acrolophus variabilis ; [NACL] , #385
Acrolophus vauriei Hasbrouck, 1964
Acrolophus vauriei ; [NACL] , #386
Acrolophus tapuja (Pfitzner, 1914)
S.Brazil. See [maps ]
Dalaca tapuja Pfitzner, 1914; Ent. Rundschau 31 (19): 110; TL : Southern Brazil, Leopoldina
Dalaca tapuja ; Pfitzner, 1937, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6 : 1296 , pl. 99 e; [NHM card ]; Nielsen & Robinson, 1983, Entomograph 4 : 21
Dalaca (?) tapuja ; Nielsen, Robinson & Wagner, 2000, J. Nat. Hist. 34 : 844 (list)
Acrolophus tapuja ; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 152
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Some related literature:
Hasbrouck, 1964
Moths of the family Acrolophidae in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 114 (3475)
: 487 -706
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Mielke & Grehan, 2012
Catalogue of the Latin American Hepialidae with taxonomic remarks (Lepidoptera)
Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4)
: 131-158
Nielsen & Robinson, 1983
Ghost moths of southern South America (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)
Entomograph 4 : 1-192
Nielsen, Robinson & Wagner, 2000
Ghostmoths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia
J. Nat. Hist. 34
: 823-878
Pfitzner, 1914
Neue Hepialiden
Ent. Rundschau 31
(17): 95 -96,
(18): 105-106,
(19): 110
Pfitzner in Seitz, 1937
Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer (186 pls)
Gross-Schmett. Erde 6
: 1 -32 (1913),
: 33 -192 (1915),
: 193 -240 (1917),
: 249 -280 (1918),
: 241 -248,281 -320 (1919),
: 321 -336 (1920),
: 337 -376 (1921),
: 377 -416 (1922),
: 417 -424 (1924),
: 425 -528 (1925),
: 529 -616 (1927),
: 617 -672 (1928),
: 673 -768 (1929),
: 769 -840 (1930),
: 841 -904 (1931),
: 905 -1016 (1932),
: 1017 -1048 (1933),
: 1049 -1088 (1934),
: 1089 -1112 (1935),
: 1137 -1256 (1936),
: 1113 -1136,1257 -1296 (1937),
: 1297 -1304 (1938),
: 1305 -1328 (1939),
: 1329 -1452 (1940)
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