Key to genera occurring in Africa (adapted from Yoshiyasu, 1985)

1. Hindwing without black terminal eyespots.................................................................. 2

- Hindwing with black terminal eyespots................................................................... 6

2 (1). Labial palpus long, porrect.................................................................... Paracymoriza

- Labial palpus moderate in length, upturned................................................................. 3

3 (2). Wings rather broad; hindwing with Sc + R 1 short stalked with R S (½ or a little shorter than Sc + R 1); female genitalia with corpus bursae short or moderate in length............................................................ Elophila

- Wings elongate; hindwing with Sc + R 1 long stalked with R S (over ½ length of Sc + R 1); female genitalia with corpus bursae long................................................................................................ 4

4 (3). Hindwing with M 3 present.............................................................................. 5

- Hindwing with M 3 absent................................................................ Eoophyla (partim)*

5 (4). Male hind leg without dilation on tibia, corpus bursae of female genitalia with a pair of signa................. Parapoynx

- Male hind leg with dilation on tibia, corpus bursae of female without signa............................ Argyrophorodes

6 (1). Small species wingspan <14mm, uncus of male genitalia long and slender........................................ 7

- Species of variable size, 10–30mm, uncus of male moderate................................................... 8

7 (6). Forewing and hindwing with medial area densely covered with fuscous scales............................ Nymphicula

- Wings with pattern, hindwing with crosslines and lunule........................................... Paracataclysta

8 (6). Veins R 3 and R 4 of forewing stalked............................................................... Cataclysta

- Veins R 3 and R 4 of forewing fused................................................................. Eoophyla

* Eoophyla nymphulalis and E. leucostrialis lack terminal eyespots of the hindwing and in E. leucostola, E. nigerialis and E. nyasalis they can become obsolete.