''Alabonia'' is a
genus
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of
gelechioid moths. Here, it is placed within the
subfamily
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Oecophorinae
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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 Circu ...
of the
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.
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family
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(Oecophoridae). Alternatively it has been placed in the
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 result ...
or
Depressariinae
The Depressariinae – sometimes spelled "Depressiinae" in error – are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. It has been considered ...
together with its presumed closest relatives. It has also been proposed to separate ''Alabonia'' and closely related genera as a subfamily Enicostominae (after the
junior synonym
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of ''Alabonia''), but this has generally not been followed by recent authors regardless of where they placed the present genus.
Species
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include:
* ''
Alabonia chapmani''
Walsingham, 1903
* ''
Alabonia geoffrella''
* ''
Alabonia herculeella''
Walsingham, 1903
* ''
Alabonia staintoniella''
(Zeller, 1850)
* ''
Alabonia superior''
Rebel, 1917
Junior synonym
In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
...
s of ''Alabonia'' are:
[Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)]
* ''Enicostoma''
Stephens, 1829
* ''Henicostoma''
Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
Footnotes
References
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species�
''Alabonia'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
* (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2001-NOV-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
Oecophorinae
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