Phodoryctis Kumata & Kuroko 1988

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