''Aeolanthes'' 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 nom ...
of small
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 w ...
s in the
superfamily Gelechioidea
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Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia
''Gelechia'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The type species is '' Gelechia rhombella''.
Species
*Subgenus ''Gelechia''
**'' Gelechia asinella'' (Hubner, 1796)
**'' Gel ...
.
Its relationships are enigmatic – many authors separate it in a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
subfamily Aeolanthinae, but there is disagreement over whether to place them in the
Elachistidae
The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and comp ...
,
Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...
or
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.
...
. Recent studies place it in the
Depressariidae
Depressariidae is a family of moths. It has formerly been treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2,300 species worldwide.Heikkilä, M. ''et al''. 2014: Morphology reinforces proposed mo ...
.
Species
* ''
Aeolanthes ampelurga''
Meyrick, 1925
* ''
Aeolanthes brochias''
Meyrick, 1938
* ''
Aeolanthes callidora''
Meyrick, 1907
* ''
Aeolanthes ceratopis''
Meyrick, 1934
* ''
Aeolanthes cianolitha''
Meyrick, 1938
* ''
Aeolanthes cladophora''
Meyrick, 1938
* ''
Aeolanthes clinacta''
Meyrick, 1925
* ''
Aeolanthes conductella''
(Walker, 1863)
* ''
Aeolanthes coronifera''
Meyrick, 1938
* ''
Aeolanthes cyclantha''
Meyrick, 1923
* ''
Aeolanthes deltogramma''
Meyrick, 1923
* ''
Aeolanthes diacritica''
Meyrick, 1918
* ''
Aeolanthes dicraea''
Meyrick, 1908
* ''
Aeolanthes erebomicta''
Meyrick, 1931
* ''
Aeolanthes erythrantis''
Meyrick, 1935
* ''
Aeolanthes euryatma''
Meyrick, 1908
* ''
Aeolanthes haematopa''
Meyrick, 1931
* ''
Aeolanthes lychnidias''
Meyrick, 1908
* ''
Aeolanthes megalophthalma''
Meyrick, 1930
* ''
Aeolanthes meniscias''
Meyrick, 1918
* ''
Aeolanthes oculigera''
Diakonoff, 1952
* ''
Aeolanthes rhodochrysa''
Meyrick, 1907
* ''
Aeolanthes sagulata''
Meyrick, 1917
* ''
Aeolanthes semicarnea''
Diakonoff, 1952
* ''
Aeolanthes semiostrina''
Meyrick, 1935
* ''
Aeolanthes sericanassa''
Meyrick, 1934
* ''
Aeolanthes siphonias''
Meyrick, 1908
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Depressariidae
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