''Crassa'' is a
genus 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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family (Oecophoridae). Among these, it belongs to
subfamily
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Oecophorinae
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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 ...
. The
genus name ''Tichonia'', established by
J. Hübner in 1825, was frequently misapplied to these moths by earlier authors. But as the
type species of Hübner's genus is the greenweed flat-body moth – originally described as ''Tinea atomella'', but nowadays called ''
Agonopterix atomella
''Agonopterix atomella'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 16–22 mm. Adults are on wing from October to May.
The larvae feed on ''Genista tinctoria'', ''Genista anglica
''Genista ...
'' –, ''Tichonia'' is actually a
junior synonym
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of ''
Agonopterix
''Agonopterix'' is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is placed in the family Depressariidae, which was often – particularly in older treatments – considered a subfamily of the Oecophoridae or included in the Elachisti ...
''. That genus does belong to the same
superfamily
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(the
Gelechioidea) as ''Crassa'', but is placed in the concealer moth subfamily
Depressariinae
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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 ...
which is sometimes treated as distinct family.
Species of ''Crassa'' include:
[See references in Savela (2001)]
* ''
Crassa tinctella''
(Hübner, 1796)
* ''
Crassa unitella''
(Hübner, 1796)
Footnotes
References
* (2004a)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Crassa'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
* (2004b)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Tichonia'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
* (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2001-NOV-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
Oecophoridae
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