Phodoryctis, Kumata & Kuroko, 1988

Triberti, Paolo, Staude, Hermann, Sharp, Ian & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2024, Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 1-51 : 21

Key to the species of Afrotropical Phodoryctis

1. Forewings with four, more or less distinct, oblique, very fine, whitish lines, usually reaching inner margin (see pl. 17, fig. 8 in Vári 1961)............................................................................... thrypticosema

- Forewings with 3 or 4 costal spots, never lines reaching inner margin............................................ 2

2. Apex of valva with a small incision...................................................................... 3

- Apex of valva rounded without incision................................................... tephrosiella sp. nov.

3. Saccus very short, rounded (see pl. 62, fig. 8 in Vári 1961).......................................... dolichophila

- Saccus about 1/3 of the length of valva, blunt apically (see fig. 11 in Kumata et al. 1988b).................... caerulea