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''Pityocona'' is a small and little-known
genus
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of the
twirler moth
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dis ...
family
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(Gelechiidae). Among these, it is believed to belong to
subfamily
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Gelechiinae
Gelechiinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
Taxonomy
The subfamily includes the following tribes and genera:
*Litini Bruand, 1859
**'' Agnippe'' Chambers, 1872
**'' Altenia ...
, but beyond that its relationships are still obscure.
They are small inconspicuous moths with pointed wings. In the forewing, the second vein is weakly developed but not joined to the third. Their
labial
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* the lips
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** In zoolog ...
palps have a pointed tip and the second segment is unornamented.
The genus contains five
species
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, one of which was described only in 2006:
[Wikispecies (2008-NOV-15)]
* ''
Pityocona attenuata''
J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
* ''
Pityocona bifurcatus
''Pityocona bifurcatus'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Wadhawan and Walia in 2006. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest ...
''
Wadhawan & Walia, 2006
* ''
Pityocona porphyroscia''
Meyrick, 1927
* ''
Pityocona probleta''
Bradley, 1961
* ''
Pityocona xeropis''
Meyrick, 1918
Footnotes
References
* (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 416: 1-485
PDF fulltext(214 MB!)
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Pityocona'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-OCT-16.
Gelechiinae
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Gelechiidae genera
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