Checklist of Superfamily Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854 (Case-bearers)
for Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 526
6183
14457 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 523
6178
14450 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 501
6074
14217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 315
4618
11439 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 67
1716
4057 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 67
1714
4055 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 66
1712
4052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 34
588
1549 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 27
548
1446 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths | 10
131
372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sri Lanka
11 Families width 372 Species | Autostichidae Le Marchand, 1947 | Autostichid Moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Batrachedridae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Batrachedrid Moths | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825 | Case moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Cosmet Moths | 86 | Species | Taxom | | Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | Elachistid moths | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 89 | Species | Taxom | | Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947 | Long-horned moths | 108 | Species | Taxom | | Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 | Bag Shelter Moths | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851 | Concealer Moths | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 | Flower Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xyloryctidae Meyrick, 1890 | Flower Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Gelechioidea with occurrences in Sri Lanka | Family | Autostichidae
Le Marchand, 1947
Autostichid Moths | 4
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Batrachedridae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Batrachedrid Moths, Flower moths, Fringed Moths | 1
7 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Coleophoridae
Hübner, 1825
Case moths, Case-bearers, Case-makers, Casebearer Moths, Casebearers, Casebearing moths, Coleophorid Case-bearers | 3
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids, Cosmopterygid moths, Seed Borers | 27
86 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elachistidae
Bruand, 1851
Elachistid moths, Grass leafminer moths, Grass Miner Moths, Grass miners, Grass-miner miners, Grass-miner moths | 10
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Gelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths | 40
89 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lecithoceridae
Le Marchand, 1947
Long-horned moths, Tropical Longhorned Moths | 27
108 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oecophoridae
Bruand, 1851
Concealer Moths, Oecophorid moths | 16
47 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scythrididae
Rebel, 1901
Flower Moths, Scythrid moths, Scythridid Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Xyloryctidae
Meyrick, 1890
Flower Moths, Timber Moths, Xyloryctid Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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