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Checklist of Family Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 (Gelechiid moths)
for Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
633
8871
31367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
629
8860
31350
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
599
8751
31129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
6950
25723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
2088
6926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
79
2082
6895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
75
2060
6820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
33
709
3218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
27
676
3152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
250
1430
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
66
169
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
63 Genera with 169 Species
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Acompsia Hübner, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Anacampsis J. Curtis, 1846Anacampsis New Species2SpeciesTaxom
Anarsia Zeller, 18023SpeciesTaxom
Anisoplaca Meyrick, 18855SpeciesTaxom
Apatetris Staudinger, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Ardozyga Lower, 19049SpeciesTaxom
Argolamprotes Benander, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Aristotelia Hübner, 18863SpeciesTaxom
Aroga Busck, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Athrips Billberg, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Atremaea Staudinger, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Biloba Janse, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Bilobata Vári, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Brachyacma Hübner, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Bryotropha HEINEMANN, 18393SpeciesTaxom
Caryocolum F. Gregor Jr..., 1864Caryocolum species1SpeciesTaxom
Chelophoba Meyrick, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Chionodes Hübner, 17935SpeciesTaxom
Chrysoesthia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Coleotechnites V.T. Chambers, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Crasimorpha Meyrick, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Dichomeris Hübner, 18498SpeciesTaxom
Empista Povolny, 02SpeciesTaxom
Ephysteris Meyrick, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Epiphthora Staudinger, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Ethmiopsis Meyrick, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Exoteleia Wallengren, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Filatima Busck, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Gelechia Hübner, 19245SpeciesTaxom
Helcystogramma Zeller, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Hypatima Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hypatopa Walsingham, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Idiophantis Meyrick, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Keiferia Busck, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Kiwaia Philpott, 188625SpeciesTaxom
Lamprotes Reichenbach, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Megacraspedus Zeller, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Merimnetria Walsingham, 192819SpeciesTaxom
Mesophleps Hübner, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Metzneria Zeller, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Monochroa HEINEMANN, 18173SpeciesTaxom
Neofaculta Gozmany, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Neofriseria Sattler, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Palintropa Meyrick, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Pectinophora Busck, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Pexicopia Common, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Phthorimaea Meyrick, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Pityocona Meyrick, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Platyedra Meyrick, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Protolechia Meyrick, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotelphusa Janse, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Psoricoptera Stainton, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Pycnobathra Lower, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Pyncostola Meyrick, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Schizovalva Janse, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Scrobipalpa Janse, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Sitotroga HEINEMANN, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Stomopteryx Heinemann, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Symmetrischema Povolny, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Syncopacma Meyrick, 17591SpeciesTaxom
Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Thiotricha Meyrick, 18866SpeciesTaxom
Zeempista Povolny, 19742SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
169 Species
Acompsia (Acompsia) cinerella Clerck, 1759Ash-coloured Sober
Acompsia (Acompsia) subpunctella Svensson, 1966
Anacampsis populella Clerck, 1759Poplar leafroller
Anacampsis temerella LIENIG & ZELLER, 1846Black Sober
Anarsia dryinopa Lower, 1897
Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839Peach Twig Borer
Anarsia spartiella Schrank, 1802Obscure Snout
Anisoplaca achyrota Meyrick, 1885
Anisoplaca acrodactyla Meyrick, 1907
Anisoplaca cosmia Bradley, 1956
Anisoplaca fraxinea Philpott, 1928
Anisoplaca ptyoptera Meyrick, 1885
Apatetris melanombra Meyrick, 1888
Ardozyga decaspila Lower, 1899
Ardozyga deltodes Lower, 1896
Ardozyga enchotypa Turner, 1919
Ardozyga furcifera Turner, 1919
Ardozyga hilara Turner, 1919
Ardozyga mesochra Lower, 1894
Ardozyga molyntis Meyrick, 1904
Ardozyga pelogramma Meyrick, 1904
Argolamprotes micella Denis & Schi..., 1775Bramble Bronze
Aristotelia mendax (Walsingham, 1907)⇒ Merimnetria mendax Walsingham, 1907
Aristotelia modulatrix Meyrick, 1938
Aristotelia paradesma Meyrick, 1886
Aroga camptogramma Meyrick, 1931
Aroga velocella Zeller, 1839Dusky Groundling
Athrips latipalpella Bidzilya, 2010
Athrips zophochalca Meyrick, 1918
Atremaea lonchoptera Staudinger, 1871
Biloba subsecivella Zeller, 1852
Bilobata subsecivella Zeller, 1852
Brachyacma epichorda (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891
Bryotropha affinis Haworth, 1828Dark Groundling
Bryotropha plantariella TENGSTRÖM, 1848
Bryotropha umbrosella Zeller, 1839Dorset Groundling
Caryocolum cassella Walker, 1864
Chelophoba melaina Clarke, 1986
Chionodes continuella Zeller, 1839Frumenta Moth
Chionodes distinctella Zeller, 1839Eastern Groundling
Chionodes electella Zeller, 1839
Chionodes ignorantella Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Chionodes luctuella Hübner, 1793
Chrysoesthia drurella Fabricius, 1775Fiery Miner
Crasimorpha infuscata Hodges, 1963Moth
Dichomeris acuminata Staudinger, 1876Alfalfa Leaf Tier
Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876)⇒ Dichomeris acuminata Staudinger, 1876
Dichomeris aenigmatica Clarke, 1962Sourbush moth
Dichomeris antizella Viette, 1986
Dichomeris griseostola Janse, 1960
Dichomeris holomela Lower, 1897
Dichomeris ianthes (Staudinger, 1876)⇒ Dichomeris acuminata Staudinger, 1876
Dichomeris limosellus Schlager, 1849
Empista matermea Povolny, 1974
Empista quieta
Ephysteris gobabebensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Ephysteris longicornis J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
Ephysteris ornata Janse, 1950
Epiphthora melanombra (Meyrick, 1888)⇒ Apatetris melanombra Meyrick, 1888
Epiphthora nivea Philpott, 1930
Exoteleia dodecella Linnaeus, 1758Pine bud moth
Exoteleia oribatella Rebel, 1918
Filatima incomptella Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Filatima lithodes Walsingham, 1911
Filatima rhypodes Walsingham, 1911
Gelechia (Gelechia) jakovlevi KRULIKOVSKY, 1905
Gelechia (Gelechia) rhombella Denis & Schi..., 1775Apple Groundling
Gelechia lenis (Philpott, 1929)⇒ Kiwaia lenis Philpott, 1929
Gelechia neglecta (Philpott, 1924)⇒ Kiwaia neglecta Philpott, 1924
Helcystogramma phryganitis Meyrick, 1911
Helcystogramma rufescens Haworth, 1828Common Zebra Moth
Hypatima rhomboidella Linnaeus, 1758Black Rhomboid Grey
Hypatopa binotella Thunberg, 1794Spotted Dowd
Idiophantis callicarpa Meyrick, 1927
Keiferia lycopersicella Walsingham, 1897Tomato Pinworm
Kiwaia aerobatis Meyrick, 1924
Kiwaia brontophora Meyrick, 1886
Kiwaia caerulaea Hudson, 1925
Kiwaia calaspidea Clarke, 1934
Kiwaia cheradias Meyrick, 1909
Kiwaia contraria Philpott, 1930
Kiwaia dividua Philpott, 1921
Kiwaia eurybathra Meyrick, 1931
Kiwaia glaucoterma Meyrick, 1911
Kiwaia heterospora Meyrick, 1924
Kiwaia hippeis Meyrick, 1901
Kiwaia jeanae Philpott, 1930
Kiwaia lapillosa Meyrick, 1924
Kiwaia lenis Philpott, 1929
Kiwaia lithodes Meyrick, 1886
Kiwaia matermea Povolny, 1974
Kiwaia monophragma Meyrick, 1886
Kiwaia neglecta Philpott, 1924
Kiwaia parapleura Meyrick, 1886
Kiwaia parvula Philpott, 1930
Kiwaia pharetria Meyrick, 1886
Kiwaia plemochoa Meyrick, 1916
Kiwaia pumila Philpott, 1928
Kiwaia schematica Philpott, 1927
Kiwaia thyraula Meyrick, 1886
Lamprotes c-aureum Knoch, 1781
Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, 1885
Merimnetria arcuata Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria compsodelta Meyrick, 1928
Merimnetria elegantior Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria epermeniella Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria flaviterminella Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria gigantea Swezey, 1913
Merimnetria gratula Meyrick, 1928
Merimnetria homoxyla Meyrick, 1928
Merimnetria ichthyochroa Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria lanaiensis Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria maculaticornis Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria mendax Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria multiformis Meyrick, 1928
Merimnetria nigriciliella Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria notata Walsingham, 1907
Merimnetria straussiella Swezey, 1953
Merimnetria thurifica Meyrick, 1928
Merimnetria xylospila Meyrick, 1928
Mesophleps adustipennis Walsingham, 1897Soybean Webworm Moth
Mesophleps epiochra Meyrick, 1886
Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891Palo verde moth
Metzneria aprilella Herrich-Schä..., 1854Brilliant Neb
Metzneria lappella Linnaeus, 1758Burdock moth
Metzneria metzneriella Stainton, 1851Knapweed Seedhead Moth
Monochroa leptocrossa Meyrick, 1926
Monochroa lutulentella Zeller, 1839Black Neb
Monochroa tenebrella Hübner, 1817Burnished Sorrel Moth
Neofaculta infernella Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Neofriseria peliella Treitschke, 1835White-spot Groundling
Palintropa peregrina Clarke, 1971
Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders, 1844Bollworm
Pectinophora scutigera Holdaway, 1926Pink Bollworm
Pexicopia malvella Linnaeus, 1758Hollyhock Seed Moth
Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873Kartoffelmè¸l
Phthorimaea sedata (Butler, 1880)⇒ Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873
Pityocona attenuata Clarke, 1986
Platyedra subcinerea Haworth, 1828Cotton stem moth
Pseudotelphusa paripunctella Thunberg, 1794Domino Groundling
Psoricoptera gibbosella (Zeller, 1839)⇒ Chionodes bicostomaculella Chambers, 1872
Pycnobathra centrosema Meyrick, 1904
Pycnobathra clavata Meyrick, 1914
Pyncostola veronica Janse, 1950
Schizovalva naufraga Meyrick, 1911
Scrobipalpa (Euscrobipalpa) atriplicella (Fischer von ..., 1839)⇒ Euscrobipalpa atriplicella F.R., 1841
Scrobipalpa (Euscrobipalpa) obsoletella (Fischer von ..., 1841)⇒ Euscrobipalpa obsoletella Fischer von ..., 1841
Scrobipalpa heliopa Lower, 1900
Sitotroga aenictopa (Meyrick, 1927)⇒ Sitotroga cerealella Olivier, 1789
Sitotroga cerealella Olivier, 1789Angoumois Grain Moth
Stomopteryx columbina (Philpott, 1928)⇒ Bilobata subsecivella Zeller, 1852
Symmetrischema (Symmetrischema) striatella Murtfeldt, 1900
Symmetrischema tangolias Gyen, 1913Andean potato tuber moth
Syncopacma cinctella Clerck, 1759Scarce White-barred
Telphusa longifasciella Clemens, 1863Y-Backed Telphusa
Thiotricha atractodes Meyrick, 1922
Thiotricha chrysopa Meyrick, 1904
Thiotricha lindsayi Philpott, 1927
Thiotricha oleariae Hudson, 1928
Thiotricha tetraphala Meyrick, 1886
Thiotricha thorybodes Meyrick, 1886
Zeempista matermea Povolny, 1974

Subnodes of Gelechiidae with occurrences in Polynesia
SubfamilyAnomologinae
Meyrick, 1926
5
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApatetrinae
Le Marchand, 1947
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAristoteliinae
Le Marchand, 1947
7
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChelariinae
Le Marchand, 1947
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDichomeridinae
Hampson, 1918
Dichomeridines
3
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGelechiinae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiines
44
121
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPexicopiinae
Hodges, 1986
3
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyThiotrichinae
Karsholt & al., 2013
1
6
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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