''Klimeschia'' 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
Douglasiidae
Douglasiidae is a small Lepidopteran family. It includes around 32 species of micromoth whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths, after British lepidopterist and hemipterist John William Douglas. The largest genus in the family is '' Ti ...
.
It is found 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 ...
.
Species
* ''
Klimeschia afghanica''
Gaedike, 1974
* ''
Klimeschia lutumella''
Amsel, 1938
* ''
Klimeschia paghmanella''
Gaedike, 1974
* ''
Klimeschia thymetella''
(Staudinger, 1859)
* ''
Klimeschia transversella
''Klimeschia transversella'' is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It was described by Zeller in 1839. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and H ...
''
(Zeller, 1839)
* ''
Klimeschia vibratoriella''
(Mann, 1862)
References
Douglasiidae
Gracillarioidea genera
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