The Chrysopeleiinae are a subfamily of the
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...
, although some authors treat it as a full family, the Chrysopeleiidae.
[Niels P. Kristensen: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. In: Maximilian Fischer (Hrsg.): Handbook of Zoology. 1. Auflage. Band 4 – Arthropoda: Insecta, Teilband 35, de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1998, .]
Distribution
The subfamily is distributed mostly in
Central Asia
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, southern Asia,
Africa
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and in
America
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. 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 ...
, over 50 species are found, with 16 species in six genera found in
Europe
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.
Genera
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Afeda'' (Nearctic)
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Ascalenia
''Ascalenia'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Ascalenia acaciella'' Chretien, 1915
*'' Ascalenia albitergis'' Meyrick, 1926
*'' Ascalenia antiqua'' Meyrick, 1925
*'' Ascalenia archaica'' Meyrick, 1917
*'' Ascaleni ...
'' (Palearctic, African, Australia)
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Bifascia''
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Bifascioides''
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Calanesia'' (from Tunisia)
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Calycobathra'' (northern Africa, Near & Middle East)
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Chrysopeleia
In Greek mythology, Chrysopeleia (; ) was a hamadryad nymph.
Mythology
The most prolonged account of her is given in John Tzetzes' scholia on Lycophron, and runs as follows. The tree in which Chrysopeleia dwelt was put in danger by the waters ...
'' (Nearctic)
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Gisilia'' (Palearctic & African)
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Ithome
Mount Ithome (Greek: Ἰθώμη) or Ithomi, previously Vourkano(s) () or Voulcano(s) (), is the northernmost of twin peaks in Messenia, Greece. Mount Ithome rises to about , about over Valyra, the seat of Ithomi, the former municipality. T ...
'' (Nearctic & Neotropical)
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Nepotula'' (Nearctic)
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Obithome'' (Nearctic)
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Perimede'' (Nearctic & Neotropical)
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Periploca'' (Nearctic & Palearctic)
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Pristen'' (Nearctic)
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Siskiwitia'' (Nearctic)
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Sorhagenia'' (Palearctic & Nearctic)
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Stilbosis'' (most species but 2 from the Americas)
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Walshia'' (Nearctic & Neotropical)
Placement uncertain
The following genera are alternatively placed in the subfamily
Cosmopteriginae:
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Leptozestis''
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Orthromicta''
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Synploca'' (Nearctic)
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Trachydora
''Trachydora'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Trachydora acrocyrta'' (Turner, 1923)
*''Trachydora acromianta'' (Turner, 1923)
*''Trachydora actinia'' Meyrick, 1897
*''Trachydora anthrascopa'' Lower, 1904
*''Trachy ...
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Formerly placed here
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Eumenodora
''Eumenodora'' is a genus of moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was formerly placed in the family Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth
Moths are a gr ...
'' (India/Australia)
References
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Cosmopterigidae
Moth subfamilies