Parametriotinae is a subfamily of
moths in the family
Elachistidae.
Genera
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Araucarivora
''Araucarivora'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Elachistidae. Its only species, ''Araucarivora gentilii'', is found in Argentina. Both the genus and species were described by Ronald W. Hodges
Ronald William Hodges (August 7, 1934 & ...
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Hodges, 1997
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Auxotricha
''Auxotricha ochrogypsa'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae or Oechophoridae, and the only species in the genus ''Auxotricha''. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931 from 3 specimens. It is found in the Iquitos
Iquitos (; ) is th ...
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Meyrick, 1931
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Blastodacna
''Blastodacna'' is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.
Distribution
''Blastodacna '' species are found in the Holarctic, although most species are native to the Palearctic.
Taxonomy
The genus is mostly placed in the family Elachistid ...
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Wocke in Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
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Chrysoclista
''Chrysoclista'' is a genus of moths of the family Agonoxenidae described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
Taxonomy
The genus is mostly placed in the family Agonoxenidae, but other authors list it as a member of the families Elachistidae, Cosm ...
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Stainton, 1854
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Coracistis
''Coracistis'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Elachistidae. Its only species, ''Coracistis erythrocosma'', is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country com ...
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Meyrick, 1897
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Dystebenna
''Dystebenna'' is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. The genus is mostly placed in the family Elachistidae, but other authors list it as a member of the family Agonoxenidae. It contains only one species ''Dystebenna stephensi'', which ...
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Spuler, 1910
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Glaucacna
''Glaucacna'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Agonoxenidae which was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1931. Its only species, ''Glaucacna iridea'', described in the same article, is found in Puerto Rico
Puerto Ri ...
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Forbes, 1931
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Haplochrois
''Haplochrois'' is a genus of moths in the family Elachistidae, though some classifications place it in the Agonoxenidae, Coleophoridae or Cosmopterigidae.
Selected species
* '' Haplochrois albanica'' (Rebel & Zerny, 1932)
* '' Haplochrois bi ...
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Meyrick, 1897
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Heinemannia
''Heinemannia'' is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.
Distribution
''Heinemannia '' species are found in the Palearctic realm, east up to south-western Siberia.
Taxonomy
The genus is mostly placed in the family Elachistidae, but othe ...
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Wocke in Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
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Homoeoprepes
''Homoeoprepes'' is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.
Species
*'' Homoeoprepes felisae'' Clarke, 1962
*'' Homoeoprepes sympatrica'' Clarke, 1962
*'' Homoeoprepes trochiloides'' Walsingham, 1909
References
Parametriotinae ''
Walsingham, 1909
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Microcolona''
Meyrick, 1897
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Pammeces
''Pammeces'' is a genus of moths in the family Agonoxenidae. It was formerly included in the Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose ti ...
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Zeller, 1863
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Spuleria
''Spuleria'' is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. It contains only one species ''Spuleria flavicaput'', which is found in most of Europe and Anatolia.
Taxonomy
Some authors list the genus as a synonym of ''Chrysoclista''. If valid, th ...
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Hofmann, 1898
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Tocasta
''Tocasta'' is a genus of moths, belonging to the subfamily Agonoxeninae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus ''Agonoxe ...
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Busck, 1912
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Zaratha
''Zaratha'' is a genus of moths of the family Agonoxenidae.
Taxonomy
The genus is placed in the family Elachistidae, Agonoxenidae or Blastodacnidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily ...
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Walker, 1864
Former genera
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Leptozestis''
Meyrick, 1924
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Trachydora
''Trachydora'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, see ...
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Meyrick, 1897
References
Moth subfamilies
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