Oecophora bractella

Oecophora bractella
	Adult in Königsforst near Cologne (Germany)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Oecophora
Species:	O. bractella
Binomial name
	Oecophora bractella; (Linnaeus, 1758)

Oecophora bractella is a

phylogeny (which are not completely known however) determine the delimitation of that family and subfamily.^[1]

It is native to

Wye valley).^[3]

The adults'

fungi.^[4]

Synonyms

This species has suffered from considerable confusion regarding its

junior homonym and thus invalid; Fabricius had actually described the "proper" T. sulphurella (nowadays known as Esperia sulphurella) himself, a mere two years earlier. Subsequent authors placed Linnaeus' species in the related genus Alabonia, while Fabricius' homonymy lingered on into the 20th century. Eventually this was all sorted out, when it was realized that the supposedly different species of Linnaeus and Fabricius were one and the same, and O. bractella has since been known under its current name.^[5]

Invalid scientific names (

junior synonyms

and others) of Oecophora bractella are:

Alabonia bracteella (lapsus)
Alabonia bractella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tinea bractella Linnaeus, 1758
Tinea sulphurella
preoccupied
)

Footnotes

^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2001)
^ Peterson, Merrill A. (2007). "First report of Oecophora bractella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in North America". Western Washington University.
^ Kimber [2010]
^ Grabe (1942), Kimber [2010]
^ Grabe (1942), Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)

References

Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
Kimber, Ian [2010]: UKMoths – Oecophora bractella. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Oecophora. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Oecophora. Version of 2001-NOV-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.

External links

[1] Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2001)

[2] Peterson, Merrill A. (2007). "First report of Oecophora bractella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in North America". Western Washington University.

[3] Kimber [2010]

[4] Grabe (1942), Kimber [2010]

[5] Grabe (1942), Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)

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