Genus Homaloxestis Meyrick, 1910

Homaloxestis Meyrick is a predominantly Oriental genus which comprises about 50 described species. Four species have been reported from Africa: H. cholopis Meyrick from South Africa, H. hemigastra Meyrick from Uganda, H. pancrocopa Meyrick from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and H. subpallida Meyrick from Cameroon. Janse (1954) described H. lophophora from Pretoria, South Africa, but the species was later synonymized with H. cholopis Meyrick by Gozmány (1978).