''Acompsia'' is a
genus
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of the
twirler moth
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 dis ...
family
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(Gelechiidae). Though it has once been assigned to the proposed
subfamily
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"Anacampsinae" (here included in
Gelechiinae
Gelechiinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
Taxonomy
The subfamily includes the following tribes and genera:
*Litini Bruand, 1859
**'' Agnippe'' Chambers, 1872
**'' Altenia ...
), it is generally placed in the
Dichomeridinae. Some authors include ''Telephila'' here as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
, while others prefer to keep it distinct as its relationships are fairly obscure.
Species
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of ''Acompsia'' are:
*Subgenus ''Acompsia''
Hübner, 1825
** ''
Acompsia antirrhinella''
(Millière, 1866)
** ''
Acompsia bidzilyai''
Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
** ''
Acompsia caucasella''
Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
** ''
Acompsia cinerella''
(Clerck, 1759)
** ''
Acompsia delmastroella''
Huemer, 1998
** ''
Acompsia dimorpha''
Petry, 1904
** ''
Acompsia fibigeri''
Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
** ''
Acompsia maculosella''
(Stainton, 1851)
** ''
Acompsia minorella''
(Rebel, 1899)
** ''
Acompsia muellerrutzi''
Wehrli, 1925
** ''
Acompsia ponomarenkoae''
Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
** ''
Acompsia pyrenaella''
Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
** ''
Acompsia schepleri''
Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
** ''
Acompsia schmidtiellus''
(Heyden, 1848)
** ''
Acompsia subpunctella''
Svensson, 1966
** ''
Acompsia syriella''
Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
** ''
Acompsia tripunctella''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
*Subgenus ''Telephila''
Meyrick, 1923
*Unknown status
** ''
Acompsia tenebrosella''
Former species
* ''
Acompsia angulifera''
(Walsingham, 1897) (now in ''
Cathegesis'')
* ''
Acompsia jordanella''
(Rebel, 1911) (now in ''
Oxypteryx'')
* ''
Acompsia psoricopterella''
(Walsingham, 1892) (now in ''
Cathegesis'')
* ''
Acompsia vinitincta''
(Walsingham, 1910) (now in ''
Cathegesis'')
Synonyms
Invalid
scientific names (
junior synonym
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* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
s and others) of ''Brachmia'' are:
[Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)]
* ''Acampsia''
(''lapsus
In philology, a lapsus (Latin for "lapse, slip, error") is an involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking.
Investigations
In 1895 an investigation into verbal slips was undertaken by a philologist and a psychologist, Rudolf Meringer and K ...
'')
* ''Accompsia''
Bruand, 1850 (unjustified emendation
An emendation is an alteration to a term, for a specific technical reason:
* Emendation (textual), altering a word to make sense, e.g. when incomplete or assumed to have been copied incorrectly
* Emendation (zoology), altering the spelling of the ...
)
* ''Brachicrossata''
(''lapsus'')
* ''Brachycrossata''
Heinemann, 1870
Footnotes
References
* (2008): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
''Telephila'' Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
* (2009)
''Acompsia (Acompsia)'' 'sic''">sic.html" ;"title="'sic">'sic'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Acompsia'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
* (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2001-NOV-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
* , 1998: A new endemic species of ''Acompsia'' from the Alps (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Linzer biologische Beiträge'' 30 (2): 515-521. Full article
Acompsia,
Dichomeridinae
Moth genera
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