Gelechiidae

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Gelechiidae
Dichomeris ligulella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Gelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Subfamilies

See text

Synonyms

Brachmiinae
Deoclonidae
Gelechiadae (lapsus)
Physoptilinae
(but see text)

Larva of Chrysoesthia sexguttella in a mine in Chenopodium album
Dichomeris inserrata

The Gelechiidae are a family of

Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga) is a host plant common to many species of the family, particularly of the genus Chionodes, which as a result is more diverse in North America than usual for Gelechioidea.[1]

By the late 20th century, over 900[2] genera with altogether more than 4,500 species were placed here, with about 650 genera known from North America alone. While these figures are certainly outdated, due to the many revisions to superfamily Gelechioidea and new descriptions of twirler moths, they still serve to show the enormous biodiversity contained in this important family.

Being abundant,

fecund plant-eaters, many species are agricultural pests
, including:

The voracious habits of their

spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) in North America
.

Taxonomy and systematics

Compared to the other massively diverse Gelechioidea families –

Schistonoeidae (scavenger moths) are preliminarily considered a distinct family here.[3][4][5][6][7]

Of the

subfamilies traditionally accepted for the Gelechiidae, only three were maintained for some time pending further information; at least one other, the Physoptilinae, were suggested to also be valid. But numerous genera of twirler moths – including most of the former "Deoclonidae" and also the proposed Physoptilinae – were of undetermined affiliation at that moment.[5][6] Later studies, including a 2013 molecular analysis of the Gelechiidae, list the following subfamilies:[8]

Subfamily Anacampsinae Bruand, 1850
Subfamily Anomologinae Meyrick, 1926
Subfamily Apatetrinae Meyrick, 1947
Subfamily Dichomeridinae Hampson, 1918 (formerly including Chelariinae, which is now placed in Anacampsinae)
Subfamily Gelechiinae Stainton, 1854
Subfamily Physoptilinae Meyrick, 1914
Subfamily Thiotrichinae Karsholt, Mutanen, Lee & Kaila, 2013

Genera incertae sedis

References

  1. ISBN 0-03-025397-7
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  2. ^ The Natural History Museum of London website offers details on 911 genera belonging to the family Gelechiidae. The list of these is accessible here
  3. ISBN 3-11-015704-7
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  4. ISBN 1-55297-612-2
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  5. ^ a b Australian Biological Resources Study (October 9, 2008). "Gelechiidae". Australian Faunal Directory. Archived from the original on March 23, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Gelechiidae". Fauna Europaea. December 22, 2009. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  7. ^ "Gelechiidae". Tree of Life Web Project. May 1, 2008. Archived from the original on November 14, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  8. S2CID 222201023. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

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