''Teleiopsis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 of 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 ...

Range

''Teleiopsis'' have a

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical regi ...

distribution, with one exception. The centre of evolution is found in the area surrounding the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on th ...

Species

* '' Teleiopsis albifemorella'' (E. Hofmann, 1867) * ''

Teleiopsis bagriotella ''Teleiopsis bagriotella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the mountainous areas of Europe, from Portugal and Spain to Greece. In the north it is found up to the Tatra mountains. Outside Europe it is also found in Turkey. It i ...

'' (Duponchel, 1840) * ''

Teleiopsis baldiana ''Teleiopsis baldiana'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California. The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are bluis ...

'' (Barnes & Busck, 1920) * ''

Teleiopsis brevivalva ''Teleiopsis brevivalva'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India. The larvae feed on ''Juglans regia ''Juglans regia'', the Persian walnut, English walnut, Carpathian walnut, Madeira walnut, or especially in Great Britain, ...

'' Pitkin, 1988 * ''

Teleiopsis diffinis ''Teleiopsis diffinis'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Europe, North Africa, the Near East, central Asia and Siberia (Transbaikalia). The wingspan is 13–18 mm. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings ar ...

'' (Haworth, 1828) * ''

Teleiopsis insignita ''Teleiopsis insignita'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Pitkin in 1988. It is found in the Palearctic realm The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches ...

'' Pitkin, 1988 * '' Teleiopsis latisacculus'' Pitkin, 1988 * ''

Teleiopsis lunariella ''Teleiopsis lunariella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are cinereous (ash-grey) to rosy reddish, sprinkled and suffused with tawny grey and black scaling. ...

'' (Walsingham, 1908) * ''

Teleiopsis motleella ''Teleiopsis motleella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democra ...

'' Ponomarenko & Park, 2007 * ''

Teleiopsis paulheberti ''Teleiopsis paulheberti'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the south-western Alps, the Apennines and the Pyrenees. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to th ...

'' Huemer & Mutanen, 2012 * ''

Teleiopsis rosalbella ''Teleiopsis rosalbella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is locally distributed in central and south-eastern Europe. Its range extends from Belgium to Bosnia-Herzegovina. It is also present in Turkey. It is found on altitudes from 140 to ...

'' (Fologne, 1862) * ''

Teleiopsis sophistica ''Teleiopsis sophistica'' is a moth of 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 Gelechioi ...

'' (Meyrick, 1935) * '' Teleiopsis terebinthinella'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856) * ''

Teleiopsis tchukotka ''Teleiopsis tchukotka'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, where it has been recorded from the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ...

'' Bidzilya, 2012

References

Teleiopsis at Fauna Europaea

Litini Gelechiidae genera {{Litini-stub