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Concealer Moth
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. Taxonomy and systematics * Pleurotinae Toll, 1956 * Deuterogoniinae Spuler, 1910 * Unplaced ** '' Colchia'' Lvovsky, 1995 Also possibly included is the Peruvian species '' Auxotricha ochrogypsa'', described by Edward Meyrick in 1931 as the sole member of its genus. In the past, the family was circumscribed more widely and included the following subfamilies: * Amphisbatinae (sometimes in Depressariinae) * Autostichinae * Depressariinae (including Cryptolechiinae) * Hypertrophinae * Metachandinae * Oecophorinae (including Chimabachinae, Deuterogoniinae, Peleopodinae, Philobotinae) * Stathmopodinae * Stenomatinae Some treatments include only the Oecophorinae and Stathmopodinae here, placing the others elsewhere in the Gelechoidea (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oecophorinae
__NOTOC__ The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (biology), family (Oecophoridae). They are part of the insufficiently studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and like their relatives, the Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscription of this taxon is disputed.ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Wikispecies (2010-APR-25), and see references in Savela (2009) History of classification In some approaches, the Oecophoridae are expanded to include several lineages formerly placed in the Elachistidae or considered independent gelechioid families. As regards the Oecophorinae, the proposed concealer moth subfamilies Chimabachinae, Deuterogoniinae, Peleopodinae and Philobotinae were included here pending further study of the affiliations of their genera. They were also often treated as independent families (Chimabachidae, Deuterogoniidae, Peleopodidae and Philobotidae) by those who followed a "lumpers and splitters, splitting" approach. In general, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphisbatinae
__NOTOC__ The Amphisbatinae was a small subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. The present lineage is often included in the Depressariinae as a tribe Amphisbatini, though more often within the context of a "splitting" approach to Gelechioidea systematics and taxonomy, wherein the Depressariinae are elevated to full family rank and the Amphisbatinae are treated as a subfamily therein. An even more extremely split-up layout even treats the Amphisbatinae as full family Amphisbatidae. In the scheme used here, the Amphisbatinae are included in the Oecophoridae as a subfamily alongside the Depressariinae.Wikispecies (2008-SEP-06), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009) That nonwithstanding, the delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the Depressariinae and Oecophorinae is problematic, and several individual genera have been moved from one to the other. As regards subdivisions, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeolanthes
''Aeolanthes'' is a genus of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Its relationships are enigmatic – many authors separate it in a monotypic subfamily Aeolanthinae, but there is disagreement over whether to place them in the Elachistidae, Lecithoceridae or Oecophoridae. Recent studies place it in the Depressariidae. Species * '' Aeolanthes ampelurga'' Meyrick, 1925 * '' Aeolanthes brochias'' Meyrick, 1938 * '' Aeolanthes callidora'' Meyrick, 1907 * '' Aeolanthes ceratopis'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Aeolanthes cianolitha'' Meyrick, 1938 * '' Aeolanthes cladophora'' Meyrick, 1938 * '' Aeolanthes clinacta'' Meyrick, 1925 * '' Aeolanthes conductella'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Aeolanthes coronifera'' Meyrick, 1938 * '' Aeolanthes cyclantha'' Meyrick, 1923 * '' Aeolanthes deltogramma'' Meyrick, 1923 * '' Aeolanthes diacritica'' Meyrick, 1918 * '' Aeolanthes dicraea'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Aeolanthes erebomicta'' Meyrick, 1931 * '' Aeolanthes erythrantis'' Meyrick, 1935 * '' Aeolanthes e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monophyletic
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population), i.e. excludes non-descendants of that common ancestor # the grouping contains all the descendants of that common ancestor, without exception Monophyly is contrasted with paraphyly and polyphyly as shown in the second diagram. A ''paraphyletic'' grouping meets 1. but not 2., thus consisting of the descendants of a common ancestor, excepting one or more monophyletic subgroups. A '' polyphyletic'' grouping meets neither criterion, and instead serves to characterize convergent relationships of biological features rather than genetic relationships – for example, night-active primates, fruit trees, or aquatic insects. As such, these characteristic features of a polyphyletic grouping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xyloryctidae
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths. The first recorded instance of a common name for these moths comes from Swainson's ''On the History and Natural Arrangement of Insects'', 1840, where members of the genus ''Cryptophasa'' are described as hermit moths. This is an allusion to the caterpillar's habit of living alone in a purely residential burrow in a tree branch, to which it drags leaves at night, attaching them with silk to the entrance to the burrow and consuming the leaves as they dry out. The name 'timber moths' was coined by the Queensland naturalist Rowland Illidge in 1892, later published in 1895,Illidge, R., 1895: Xylorycts, or timber moths. ''Queensland Nat. Hist. Soc. Trans.,'' 1, 29–34. and serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethmiidae
The Ethmiinae are a Family (biology), subfamily of small moths in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in Savela (2003) Genera Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of ''Ethmia''): * ''Agrioceros'' * ''Betroka (moth), Betroka'' * ''Erysiptila'' * ''Ethmia'' * ''Macrocirca'' * ''Pseudethmia'' * ''Pyramidobela'' (sometimes placed in the Oecophoridae (or Oecophorinae, if the Ethmiidae are included in Oecophoridae as subfamily). * ''Sphecodora'' References * * See also :wikispecies:Talk:Gelechioidea, Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy. Further reading"Ethmiinae Busck, 1909" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved May 16, 2017. Ethmiinae, Moth subfamilies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraphyletic
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In contrast, a monophyletic grouping (a clade) includes a common ancestor and ''all'' of its descendants. The terms are commonly used in phylogenetics (a subfield of biology) and in the tree model of historical linguistics. Paraphyletic groups are identified by a combination of synapomorphies and symplesiomorphies. If many subgroups are missing from the named group, it is said to be polyparaphyletic. The term received currency during the debates of the 1960s and 1970s accompanying the rise of cladistics, having been coined by zoologist Willi Hennig to apply to well-known taxa like Reptilia (reptiles), which is paraphyletic with respect to birds. Reptilia contains the last common ancestor of reptiles and all descendants of that ancestor exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elachistidae
The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lumpers and splitters, lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and completely unnatural assemblage, united merely by symplesiomorphies retained from the first gelechioid moths. In fact, most of these moths appear to be either closer to the Oecophorinae and are hence nowadays usually included in the Oecophoridae (Depressariinae, "Deuterogoniinae", Hypertrophinae, Stenomatinae and perhaps the enigmatic ''Aeolanthes''), or constitute quite basal (evolution), basal lineages of gelechioids, neither closely related to ''Elachista'' nor to ''Oecophora'', and hence best treated as independent families within the Gelechioidea (Agonoxenidae, Ethmiidae). The genus ''Coelopoeta'' is sometimes still placed here, but probably belongs in the Oecophorinae. Consequently, the Elachistidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stathmopoda
''Stathmopoda'' is a genus of moths. It has variously been placed in its own family, Stathmopodidae, or in subfamily Stathmopodinae in the family Oecophoridae. Note that the phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved. Description ''Stathmopoda'' have smooth heads with a metallic luster, and the occiput may be smooth or slightly coarse. The labial palps (part of the mouthparts) are curved, sharp-tipped and the second and third segments are similar in length. There is a pair of antennae which are shorter than the forewing, have elongate and clubbed scapes, and (in males) the flagella have long ciliae on the anterior margins. Both forewings and hindwings are lanceolate, meaning they are widest near the base and taper to points at the end. The forewings are usually yellowish with dark brown markings. The tibiae of the hind legs have dense tufts. Most of the abdominal tergites (2nd-7th of males, 2nd-6th of females) have spiniform (spine-like) se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenomatinae
The Stenomatinae are a subfamily of small moths in the family Depressariidae. Taxonomy and systematics * '' Agriophara'' Rosenstock, 1885 * '' Amontes'' Viette, 1958 * '' Anadasmus'' Walsingham, 1897 * '' Anapatris'' Meyrick, 1932 * ''Antaeotricha'' Zeller, 1854 * '' Aproopta'' Turner, 1919 * '' Baeonoma'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Catarata'' Walsingham, 1912 * '' Cerconota'' Meyrick, 1915 * '' Chlamydastis'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Dinotropa'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Energia'' Walsingham, 1912 * '' Eriogenes'' Meyrick, 1925 * '' Falculina'' Zeller, 1877 * ''Gonioterma'' Walsingham, 1897 * '' Herbulotiana'' Viette, 1954 * '' Hyalopseustis'' Meyrick, 1925 * †'' Hexerites'' Cockerell, 1933 * ''Lethata'' Duckworth, 1964 * '' Loxotoma'' Zeller, 1854 * '' Menesta'' Clemens, 1860 * '' Menestomorpha'' Walsingham, 1907 * '' Mocquerysiella'' Viette, 1954 * '' Mothonica'' Walsingham, 1912 * '' Mysaromima'' Meyrick, 1926 * '' Nothochalara'' Diakonoff, 1954 * '' Orphnolechia'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Parascaeas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stathmopodinae
Stathmopodidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. Taxonomy and systematics *'' Actinoscelis'' Meyrick, 1912 *'' Aeoloscelis'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Arauzona'' Walker, 865/small> *'' Atrijuglans'' Yang, 1977 *''Calicotis'' Meyrick, 1889 *'' Cuprina'' Sinev, 1988 *'' Dolophrosynella'' T. B. Fletcher, 1940 *'' Ethirastis'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Eudaemoneura'' Diakonoff, 1948 *''Hieromantis'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Lamprystica'' Meyrick, 1914 *'' Minomona'' Matsumura, 1931 *'' Molybdurga'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Mylocera'' Turner, 1898 *''Neomariania'' Mariani, 1943 *''Oedematopoda'' Zeller, 1852 *''Pachyrhabda'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Phytophlops'' Viette, 1958 *'' Pseudaegeria'' Walsingham, 1889 *''Snellenia'' Walsingham, 1889 *''Stathmopoda'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 *''Thylacosceles'' Meyrick, 1889 *'' Thylacosceloides'' Sinev, 1988 *'' Tinaegeria'' Walker, 1856 *''Tortilia ''Tortilia'' is a genus of moths in the Stathmopodidae Stathmopod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metachandinae
__NOTOC__ The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). They are part of the insufficiently studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and like their relatives, the circumscription of this taxon is disputed.ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Wikispecies (2010-APR-25), and see references in Savela (2009) History of classification In some approaches, the Oecophoridae are expanded to include several lineages formerly placed in the Elachistidae or considered independent gelechioid families. As regards the Oecophorinae, the proposed concealer moth subfamilies Chimabachinae, Deuterogoniinae, Peleopodinae and Philobotinae were included here pending further study of the affiliations of their genera. They were also often treated as independent families (Chimabachidae, Deuterogoniidae, Peleopodidae and Philobotidae) by those who followed a "splitting" approach. In general, the delimitation of the Oecophorinae versus the Amphisbatinae, Depressariinae and Hyper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
