''Phaeosaces'' 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 family
Depressariidae
Depressariidae is a family of moths. It has formerly been treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2,300 species worldwide.Heikkilä, M. ''et al''. 2014: Morphology reinforces proposed mo ...
, endemic to
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. It has been considered to be a synonym of ''
Cryptolechia'' until reinstated as a valid genus by John S. Dugdale (1988).
[Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. ''Fauna of New Zealand'', (14]
Extract and PDF
[See p. 98; 'Note. ''Cryptolechia'' Zeller is based on ''C. straminella'' Zeller from South Africa, the ♂ genitalia of which bear no resemblance to those of New Zealand species (nor Nearctic species; see figures in Hodges 1974). ''Phaeosaces'' is available, and is here revived, as a generic name for New Zealand species']
Species
*''Phaeosaces apocrypta''
Meyrick, 1885
*''Phaeosaces coarctatella''
(Walker, 1864)
*''Phaeosaces compsotypa''
Meyrick, 1885
*''
Phaeosaces lindsayae''
(Philpott, 1928)
References
Moths of New Zealand
Gelechioidea
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