__NOTOC__ The Amphisbatinae was a small

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 ...

of moths in the

superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...

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 tribe Amphisbatini, though more often within the context of a " splitting" approach to Gelechioidea

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 taxonomy, wherein the Depressariinae are elevated to full family rank and the Amphisbatinae are treated as a subfamily therein. An even more extremely split-up layout even treats the Amphisbatinae as full family Amphisbatidae. In the scheme used here, the Amphisbatinae are included in the Oecophoridae as a subfamily alongside the Depressariinae.Wikispecies (2008-SEP-06), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009) That nonwithstanding, the delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the Depressariinae and Oecophorinae is problematic, and several individual

genera 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 nomenclat ...

have been moved from one to the other. As regards subdivisions, the Amphisbatinae are commonly divided into the tribes Amphisbatini, Fuchsiini, Hypercalliini and Telechrysidini. But neither are these subdivisions as firmly delimited as it might seem, nor are they particularly diverse (several Amphisbatinae taxa are monotypic). Thus, the Amphisbatinae are here not divided into tribes pending the availability of more thorough phylogenetic studies and better information on the subfamily's scope and relationships. More recently, it was discovered that the enigmatic genus '' Lypusa'', traditionally held to be a monotypic family of Tineoidea, is closely related to '' Amphisbatis'' and ''

Pseudatemelia ''Pseudatemelia'' is a genus of gelechioid moths. Taxonomy In the systematic layout used here, it is placed in the subfamily Amphisbatinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the closely related ...

''. The name for the combined group is to be determined.

Selected genera

Genera 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 nomenclat ...

of Amphisbatinae include: * '' Amphisbatis'' Zeller, 1870 * '' Anchinia'' Hübner, 1825 (Oecophorinae?) * ''

Eupragia ''Eupragia'' is a moth 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 biolo ...

'' Walsingham, 1911 * '' Fuchsia'' Spuler, 1910 * '' Hypercallia'' Stephens, 1829 (Oecophorinae?) * '' Paratemelia'' * ''

'' * ''

Telechrysis ''Telechrysis'' is a genus of gelechioid moths and only genus in the Telechrysidini tribe. The genus itself contains only one species, ''Telechrysis tripuncta'', which is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, the Benelux, Ireland ...

'' Toll, 1956 (Oecophorinae?)

Footnotes

References

See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy. * (2009)
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