Chimabachinae, the chimabachid moths, is a subfamily of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Lypusidae
Lypusidae is an obscure family of moths placed in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
History of classification
The group was traditionally considered monotypic (containing only the genus '' Lypusa'' with two species) and belonging in the primitive m ...
. The subfamily used to be classified as a subfamily of
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.
...
, but current phylogenetic research classifies it as a subfamily of
Lypusidae
Lypusidae is an obscure family of moths placed in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
History of classification
The group was traditionally considered monotypic (containing only the genus '' Lypusa'' with two species) and belonging in the primitive m ...
. Some authors placed it as the subfamily Cryptolechiinae in the family Depressariidae. The subfamily is distributed in the
Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The ...
, ranging from Europe to
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
, although the blueberry leafroller (''
Dasystoma salicella'') has been introduced to North America.
Taxonomy and systematics
* ''
Diurnea''
Haworth, 1811
* ''
Dasystoma''
Curtis, 1833
Gallery
Image:Diurnea.fagella.7108.jpg, '' Diurnea fagella''
Image:Diurnea.lipsiella.2.jpg, '' Diurnea lipsiella''
Image:Diurnea_novembris.jpg, '' Diurnea novembris''
References
*
Chimabachinae at funetChimabachidae at Fauna Europeana
Lypusidae
Taxa named by Hermann von Heinemann
Moth subfamilies
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