''Empedaula'' is a genus 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
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...
, similar to ''
Aristotelia''. It is found in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
and Asia and was first described in 1918 by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
Ed ...
in the periodical ''
Exotic Microlepidoptera''. The type specimen is ''
Empedaula insipiens''.
Species
*''
Empedaula insipiens''
Meyrick, 1918
*''
Empedaula phanerozona''
Meyrick, 1922
*''
Empedaula rhodocosma''
(Meyrick, 1914)
References
External links
''Empedaula'' on Barcode of Life Data Systems includes an image
Gelechiinae
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Gelechiidae genera
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