''Esperia'' is a
genus
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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.
...
family
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(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 ...
. Most authors include ''Dasycera'' here, though approaches that generally follow a "
splitting
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" approach sometimes do not.
[FE (2009a,b), and see references in Savela (2003)]
The
type species
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of ''Esperia'' (originally described as ''Tinea orbonella'', now ''
E. sulphurella'') has some differences versus the type species of ''Dasycera'' (originally described as ''T. aemulella'', now ''
E. oliviella''), but these are slight and at present it is not determined whether they justify the maintenance of two small genera versus a more comprehensive genus containing two
subgenera
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.
Selected species
Species
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of ''Esperia'' (including ''Dasycera'') include:
* ''
Esperia imitatrix''
(Zeller, 1847)
* ''
Esperia krueperella''
(Staudinger, 1871)
* ''
Esperia oliviella
''Esperia oliviella'' is a species of gelechioid moth.
Taxonomy
In its superfamily, this species is placed in the genus '' Esperia'' within the subfamily Oecophorinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Some authors, in particular t ...
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* ''
Esperia sulphurella''
Synonyms
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scientific name
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s (
junior synonym
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s and others) of ''Esperia'' are:
[Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2003)]
* ''Dasycera''
Stephens 1829 (but see above)
* ''Dasycerus''
Haworth 1828 (''non'' Brongniart, 1800: preoccupied
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...
)
* ''Gnaphalodeocera''
Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
* ''Gnaphalodocera''
Blanchard, 1840
* ''Hermiona''
Blanchard, 1845
* ''Stenoptera''
Duponchel, 1838
Footnotes
References
* (2009a)
''Dasycera'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
* (2009b)
''Esperia'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
* (2004a)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Dasycera'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
* (2004b)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Esperia'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
* (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2003-DEC-29 Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
Oecophorinae
Moth genera
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