''Microlechia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

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 superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...

Species

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Microlechia chretieni ''Microlechia chretieni'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Turati in 1924. It is found on the Canary Islands, Madeira, Crete and Sardinia, as well as in North Africa, France, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Palestine. It is a ...

'' Turati, 1924 * ''

Microlechia iranica ''Microlechia iranica'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1976. It is found in southern Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in West ...

'' (Povolný, 1976) * ''

Microlechia karsholti ''Microlechia karsholti'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia (the southern Ural). The habitat consists of chalk steppe. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wing ...

'' (Nupponen, 2010) * ''

Microlechia klimeschi ''Microlechia klimeschi'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1972. It is found on the Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomou ...

'' (Povolný, 1972) * ''

Microlechia lycia ''Microlechia lycia'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hou-Hun Li in 2001. It is found in Korea and Shaanxi, China. The wingspan is 10–11 mm. Adults are similar to '' Microlechia iranica'', but can be distinguished ...

'' (Li, 2001) * ''

Microlechia lyciella ''Microlechia lyciella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Mark I. Falkovitsh and Oleksiy V. Bidzilya in 2003. It is found in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), ...

'' (Falkovitsh & Bidzilya, 2003) * ''

Microlechia maculata ''Microlechia maculata'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1978. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bou ...

'' (Povolný, 1978) * ''

Microlechia melongenae ''Microlechia melongenae'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný and Bradley in 1980. It is found in southern India. The length of the forewings is 3.8-3.9 mm. The larvae feed on '' Solanum melongena''. They mi ...

'' (Povolný & Bradley, 1980) * ''

Microlechia rhamnifoliae ''Microlechia rhamnifoliae'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel and Erich Martin Hering in 1931. It is found on the Canary Islands and Cyprus, as well as in Morocco, Greece, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, ...

'' (Amsel & Hering, 1931)

References

* , 2007, ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Memoir 4: 91-116. * , 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Zootaxa'' 2366: 1-34. Abstract: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02366p034f.pdf]. * , 2001: A new species of the genus ''Hedma'' (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)injurious to Lycium barbarum. ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 44 (2): 227-230. Abstract

Microlechia, Gnorimoschemini Gelechiidae genera {{Gnorimoschemini-stub