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Family
Gelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
- twirler moths
(moth)
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Entity:
Gelechioidea (Superfamily)
..Autostichidae (Family)
..Batrachedridae (Family)
..Blastobasidae (Family) - scavenger moths
..Chimabachidae (Family)
..Coelopoetidae (Family)
..Coleophoridae (Family) - casebearer moths
..Cosmopterigidae (Family) - cosmet moths
..Depressariidae (Family)
..Elachistidae (Family) - grass miner moths
..Epimarptidae (Family)
..Lecithoceridae (Family) - tropical longhorned moths
..Lypusidae (Family)
..Momphidae (Family) - Mompha moths
..Oecophoridae (Family) - concealer moths
..Peleopodidae (Family)
..Pterolonchidae (Family) - lance-wing moths
..Schistonoeidae (Family)
..Scythrididae (Family) - flower moths
..Stathmopodidae (Family)
..Syringopaidae (Family)
..Xyloryctidae (Family)
..Gelechiidae (Family) - twirler moths
....Acraeologa (Genus)
....Aerotypia (Genus)
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....Apopira (Genus)
....Bactrolopha (Genus)
....Besciva (Genus)
....Brachypsaltis (Genus)
....Calyptrotis (Genus)
....Carbatina (Genus)
....Catatinagma (Genus)
....Catoptristis (Genus)
....Caulastrocesis (Genus)
....Cauloecista (Genus)
....Cecidonostola (Genus)
....Cerycangela (Genus)
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....Dichomeridinae (Subfamily)
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....Epistomotis (Genus)
....Eustalodes (Genus)
....Fapua (Genus)
....Ficulea (Genus)
....Furcatisacculus (Genus)
....Gaesa (Genus)
....Gelechiinae (Subfamily)
....Geniadophora (Genus)
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....Issikiopteryx (Genus)
....Ivanauskiella (Genus)
....Kahelia (Genus)
....Lacistodes (Genus)
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....Mesogelechia (Genus)
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....Microcraspedus (Genus)
....Myrophila (Genus)
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....Orsotricha (Genus)
....Oxypteryx (Genus)
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....Parapodia (Genus)
....Paraschema (Genus)
....Pelostola (Genus)
....Pexicopiinae (Subfamily)
....Physoptilinae (Subfamily)
....Plocamosaris (Genus)
....Proactica (Genus)
....Prophoraula (Genus)
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....Simoneura (Genus)
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....Syneunetis (Genus)
....Syrmadaula (Genus)
....Taphrosaris (Genus)
....Teuchophanes (Genus)
....Thelyasceta (Genus)
....Thyrsomnestis (Genus)
....Uliaria (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Gelechiinae
(Subfamily)
Stainton, 1854
Ref:
N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007
: 743.
[implicit]
Type
:
Gelechia
(Genus)
Hübner, 1825
Ref:
S. Lee, 2009
: 3 Sep 2009.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Including
:
Anomologidae
(Family)
Ref:
E.G. Munroe, 1982
: 624.
Including
:
Lecithoceridae
(Family)
Le Marchand, 1947
Ref:
E.G. Munroe, 1982
: 624.
Including
:
Metachandidae
(Family)
Meyrick, 1911
Ref:
E.G. Munroe, 1982
: 624.
Including
:
Physoptilidae
(Family)
Ref:
E.G. Munroe, 1982
: 624.
Including
:
Timyridae
(Family)
Ref:
E.G. Munroe, 1982
: 624.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
twirler moths
Ref:
J.B. Heppner, 1998b
: 58.
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