Checklist of Superfamily Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854 (Case-bearers)
for Nicoya Peninsula (Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 212
1788
1977 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 212
1788
1977 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 205
1771
1952 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 154
1549
1733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 38
646
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 38
646
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 38
646
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 16
129
157 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 11
107
128 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths | 4
8
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Nicoya Peninsula
4 Families width 18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Nicoya Peninsula
8 Genera with 18 Species
Species list for Nicoya Peninsula
18 Species and 1 Subspecies | Blastobasis xiphiae Adamski, 2013 | | | Coesyra pyrota Meyrick, 1889 | | | Coesyra syneches (Turner, 1914) | ⇒ Philobota syneches Turner, 1914 | | Coleophora leucopodella Turati, 1930 | | | Deltophora sella atacta Meyrick, 1927 | | | Elachista elaphria Kaila, 2011 | | | Ethmia delliella Fernald, 1891 | Ladder-backed Ethmia | | Ethmia elutella Busck, 1914 | | | Ethmia exornata Zeller, 1877 | | | Ethmia festiva Busck, 1914 | | | Ethmia janzeni Powell, 1973 | | | Ethmia mnesicosma Meyrick, 1924 | | | Ethmia penthica Walsingham, 1912 | | | Ethmia pyrausta Pallas, 1771 | Mountain Ermel | | Ethmia similatella Busck, 1920 | | | Ethmia subnigritaenia Powell, 1973 | | | Ethmia ungulatella Busck, 1914 | | | Loxotoma elegans Zeller, 1854 | Oil-palm defoliator |
Subnodes of Gelechioidea with occurrences in Nicoya Peninsula | Family | Coleophoridae
Hübner, 1825
Case moths, Case-bearers, Case-makers, Casebearer Moths, Casebearers, Casebearing moths, Coleophorid Case-bearers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elachistidae
Bruand, 1851
Elachistid moths, Grass leafminer moths, Grass Miner Moths, Grass miners, Grass-miner miners, Grass-miner moths | 3
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Gelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oecophoridae
Bruand, 1851
Concealer Moths, Oecophorid moths | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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