1. Elachista brevis sp. n.

Distribution: Kenya.

Holotype 3 in RMCA.

2. Elachista chelonitis Meyrick, 1909

Elachista chelonitis Meyrick 1909: 25 .

Cleroptila chelonitis (Meyrick); Meyrick 1914b: 204; Vári & Kroon 1986: 21, 108, 158; Parenti 1988: 190, 198, fig. 29; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 140.

Distribution: South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria District (Meyrick 1909: 25), Malawi (Meyrick 1914b: 204), and Kenya (new record).

Holotype Ƥ in TMSA.

3. Elachista crocogastra Meyrick, 1908

Elachista crocogastra Meyrick 1908: 733; Vári & Kroon 1986: 25, 114, 158; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 140; Kemal & Koçak 2006: 4; Parenti 2006: 142, 143, fig. 4. Distribution: South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria District (Meyrick 1908: 733) and Madagascar, Ranohira (Parenti 2006: 142).

Four syntypes in BMNH.

4. Elachista delocharis Meyrick, 1932

Elachista delocharis Meyrick 1932a: 115; Kaila 1999a: 167; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 138. Distribution: Ethiopia (Meyrick 1932a: 115).

Holotype in BMNH.

5. Elachista gypsophila Meyrick, 1911

Elachista gypsophila Meyrick 1911: 233; Vári & Kroon 1986: 40, 114, 158; Parenti 1988: 190, 195, 197, figs. 9, 20, 21; Kaila 1999a: 165; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 140, Kemal & Koçak 2006: 4. Distribution: South Africa, Gauteng, Beynspoort near Pretoria (Meyrick 1911: 233). Lectotype 3 and paralectotype Ƥ in TMSA.

6. Elachista inscia (Meyrick, 1913)

Mendesia inscia Meyrick 1913: 322; Vári & Kroon 1986: 45, 127, 158; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Kemal &

Kocak 2006: 4.

Cosmiotes inscia (Meyrick); Parenti 1988: 191, 195, 198, figs. 3, 26–28. Elachista inscia (Meyrick); Kaila 1999a: 168; Sruoga 2002: 140. Distribution: South Africa, Mpumalanga, Barberton (Meyrick 1913: 322). Lectotype 3 and 3 paralectotypes (13 and 2 specimens) in TMSA.

7. Elachista iriphaea (Meyrick, 1932)

Labdia iriphaea Meyrick 1932b: 213 . Elachista iriphaea (Meyrick); Sinev 2002: 164. Distribution: Uganda (Meyrick 1932b: 213). Holotype in BMNH.

8. Elachista justificata Meyrick, 1926

Elachista justificata Meyrick 1926: 340; Vári & Kroon 1986: 47, 114, 158; Parenti 1988: 190, 195, 196, figs. 6, 18, 19; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 140; Kemal & Koçak 2006: 4. Distribution: South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cedarberg (Meyrick 1926: 340). Holotype in SAMC.