''Pseudatemelia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

gelechioid moth __NOTOC__ Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the Taxonomic rank, superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. ...

Taxonomy

In the

systematic Systematic may refer to: Science * Short for systematic error * Systematic fault * Systematic bias, errors that are not determined by chance but are introduced by an inaccuracy (involving either the observation or measurement process) inheren ...

layout used here, it is placed in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Amphisbatinae __NOTOC__ The Amphisbatinae was a small subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. The present lineage is often included in the Depressariinae as a tr ...

of the

concealer moth 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. ...

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(Oecophoridae). Delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the closely related

Depressariinae __NOTOC__ The Depressariinae – sometimes spelled "Depressiinae" in error – are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. It has been c ...

and

Oecophorinae __NOTOC__ The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). They are part of the insufficiently studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and like their relatives, the circumscription of this taxon is dis ...

is a major problem of Gelechioidea

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and

systematics Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...

, and some authors separate the former two as full-blown families (Amphisbatidae and Depressariidae), and/or include the Amphisbatinae in Depressariinae (or Depressariidae), or merge them in the Oecophorinae outright. Recent research has shown that this genus is one of those close to '' Lypusa'', the type of the supposed

Tineoidea Tineoidea is the ditrysian superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, Bagworm moth, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it, Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, ...

family

Lypusidae Lypusidae is an obscure family of moths placed in the superfamily Gelechioidea. History of classification The group was traditionally considered monotypic (containing only the genus ''Lypusa'' with two species) and belonging in the primitive mot ...

. The genus Pseudatemelia has to be dissolved and all the species previously assigned to it has to be transferred to the genus Agnoea,

family, Gelechioidea superfamily. Lepiforum

Distribution

These moths are present in most of

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, in the eastern

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, in the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

, and in

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

Species

Two

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are recognized.

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of ''Pseudatemelia'' include:FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001) * Subgenus ''Pseudatemelia (Pseudatemelia)'' Rebel, 1910 ** '' Pseudatemelia aeneella'' Rebel, 1910 ** '' Pseudatemelia amparoella'' Vives, 1986 ** '' Pseudatemelia chalcocrates'' ** '' Pseudatemelia colurnella'' (Mann, 1867) ** '' Pseudatemelia detrimentella'' (Staudinger, 1859) ** '' Pseudatemelia filiella'' (Staudinger, 1859) ** '' Pseudatemelia flavifrontella'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ** '' Pseudatemelia fuscifrontella'' (Constant, 1885) ** '' Pseudatemelia latipennella'' (Jäckh, 1959) ** '' Pseudatemelia lavandulae'' (Mann, 1855) ** '' Pseudatemelia pallidella'' Jäckh, 1972 ** '' Pseudatemelia subgilvida'' (Walsingham, 1901) ** '' Pseudatemelia subochreella'' ** '' Pseudatemelia synchrozella'' (Jäckh, 1959) ** '' Pseudatemelia xanthosoma'' (Rebel, 1900) * Subgenus ''Pseudatemelia (Tubuliferola)'' Strand, 1917 ** '' Pseudatemelia elsae'' Svensson, 1982 ** '' Pseudatemelia josephinae'' ** '' Pseudatemelia langohri'' E.Palm, 1990

References

Amphisbatinae {{Oecophoridae-stub