AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Gelechiini Stainton, 1854
and region Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16634
69910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16624
69896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16402
69012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
13022
57717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
3904
15246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
3904
15246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
3894
15214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
35
901
3008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
813
2732
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
9
168
665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
49
152
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGelechiinae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiines
32
102
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeGelechiini
Stainton, 1854
4
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
4 Genera with 6 Species
Chionodes Hübner, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Gelechia Hübner, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Prolita Leraut, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Stegasta Meyrick, 18751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
6 Species
Chionodes nephelophracta Meyrick, 1932
Gelechia benitella Barnes & Busck, 1920
Gelechia geniatella Busck, 1914
Gelechia traducella Busck, 1914
Prolita sexpunctella Fabricius, 1794Groundling
Stegasta bosqueella Chambers, 1875Red-necked peanut worm


Links, sources and further information
Gelechiini at itis.gov