''Asaphistis'' is a genus of
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 belonging to the subfamily
Olethreutinae
Olethreutinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae.
Genera ''incertae sedis''
This tortricine genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms a ...
of the family
Tortricidae
The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...
. The genus was erected by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern micr ...
in 1909.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
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Asaphistis asema''
Diakonoff Dyakonov (russian: Дьяконов (masculine), russian: Дьяконова (feminine)), Diakonoff, Diakonov, or Diakonof is a Russian surname meaning "a deacon's". Notable people with the surname include:
* Anatoly Dyakonov (1907–1972), Soviet ...
, 1973
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Asaphistis catarrhactopa''
(Meyrick
Meyrick is a surname and given name. Meyricke is a variant form.
Surname
* Edmund Meyrick (1636–1713), Welsh cleric
* Edward Meyrick (1854–1938), English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist
* Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818–1897), English ...
, 1938)
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Asaphistis cretata''
Diakonoff, 1953
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Asaphistis gypsopa''
Diakonoff, 1953
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Asaphistis haematina''
Diakonoff, 1953
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Asaphistis hemicapnodes''
Diakonoff, 1953
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Asaphistis hemicyclica''
Diakonoff, 1953
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Asaphistis lucifera''
Meyrick, 1909
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Asaphistis maturicolor''
Diakonoff, 1973
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Asaphistis nobilis''
Diakonoff, 1973
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Asaphistis omora''
Razowski, 2013
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Asaphistis phanerops''
Diakonoff, 1973
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Asaphistis praeceps''
Meyrick, 1909
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Asaphistis protosema''
Diakonoff, 1973
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Asaphistis purpurescens''
Diakonoff, 1953
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Asaphistis sappiroflua''
Diakonoff, 1953
See also
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List of Tortricidae genera
This is a taxonomy of the moth family Tortricidae down to genus level. This classification is up-to-date to 2008, taking information from the Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae and taxonomic changes made in 2007.
Subfamily Tortricinae Tri ...
References
Olethreutini
Tortricidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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