Deltophora is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was originally described from South Africa and based on a taxonomic revision contains about 20 species on all continents except Antarctica. Host plants of larvae and adults are only known for two Chinese species of Deltophora.
Species
- peltosema species-group
- Deltophora angulella <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora distinctella <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora diversella <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora fasciella <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora peltosema <small>(Lower, 1900)</small>
- Deltophora typica <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- maculata species-group
- Deltophora beatrix <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora maculata <small>(Staudinger, 1879)</small>
- Deltophora pauperella <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- stictella species-group
- Deltophora stictella <small>(Rebel, 1927)</small>
- korbi species-group
- Deltophora korbi <small>(Caradja, 1920)</small>
- glandiferella species-group
- Deltophora glandiferella <small>(Zeller, 1873)</small>
- Deltophora sella <small>(Chambers, 1874)</small>
- flavocincta species-group
- Deltophora caymana <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora duplicata <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora flavocincta <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora lanceella <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora minuta <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- Deltophora suffusella <small>Sattler, 1979</small>
- unknown species-group
- Deltophora digitiformis <small>Li, Li & Wang, 2002</small>
- Deltophora fuscomaculata <small>Park, 1988</small>
- Deltophora gielisia <small>Hull, 1995</small>
- Deltophora quadrativalvata <small>Li, Li & Wang, 2002</small>
Former species
- Deltophora abrupta <small>Omelko, 1995</small> is Epichostis abrupta <small>(Omelko, 1995)</small>
References
- ; ; 2009: Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39. Abstract & excerpt
- , 2002: A systematic study on the genus Deltophora Janse from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 27 (1): 129-135.