''Pseudatemelia'' is a
genus of
gelechioid moth
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Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the Taxonomic rank, superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. ...
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Taxonomy
In the
systematic
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layout used here, it is placed in the
subfamily
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Amphisbatinae 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). Delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the closely related
Depressariinae and
Oecophorinae is a major problem of Gelechioidea
taxonomy and
systematics
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, and some authors separate the former two as full-blown families (Amphisbatidae and Depressariidae), and/or include the Amphisbatinae in Depressariinae (or Depressariidae), or merge them in the Oecophorinae outright.
Recent research has shown that this genus is one of those close to ''
Lypusa'', the type of the supposed
Tineoidea family
Lypusidae. The genus Pseudatemelia has to be dissolved and all the species previously assigned to it has to be transferred to the genus
Agnoea
''Pseudatemelia'' is a genus of gelechioid moths.
Taxonomy
In the systematic layout used here, it is placed in the subfamily Amphisbatinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the closely related Depr ...
,
Lypusidae family,
Gelechioidea superfamily.
[Lepiforum ]
Distribution
These moths are present in most of
Europe, in the eastern
Palearctic realm, in the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
, and in
North Africa.
Species
Two
subgenera
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
are recognized.
Species of ''Pseudatemelia'' include:
[FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)]
* Subgenus ''Pseudatemelia (Pseudatemelia)''
Rebel, 1910
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Pseudatemelia aeneella
''Pseudatemelia aeneella'' is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Rebel in 1910. It is found in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from on ...
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Rebel, 1910
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Pseudatemelia amparoella
''Pseudatemelia amparoella'' is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Vives in 1986. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Pén ...
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Vives, 1986
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Pseudatemelia chalcocrates
''Pseudatemelia chalcocrates'' is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Croatia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to ...
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Pseudatemelia colurnella
''Agnoea colurnella'' is a species of moth in the family Lypusidae. It is found in France, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other fed ...
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(Mann, 1867)
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Pseudatemelia detrimentella''
(Staudinger, 1859)
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Pseudatemelia filiella''
(Staudinger, 1859)
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Pseudatemelia flavifrontella
''Pseudatemelia flavifrontella'' is a species of gelechioid moths.
Taxonomy
In the systematic layout used here, it is placed within the subfamily Amphisbatinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). The Amphisbatinae have alternatively be ...
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(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Pseudatemelia fuscifrontella
''Agnoea fuscifrontella'' is a species of moth in the family Lypusidae, found on Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 ...
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(Constant, 1885)
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Pseudatemelia latipennella''
(Jäckh, 1959)
** ''
Pseudatemelia lavandulae''
(Mann, 1855)
** ''
Pseudatemelia pallidella''
Jäckh, 1972
** ''
Pseudatemelia subgilvida''
(Walsingham, 1901)
** ''
Pseudatemelia subochreella
''Agnoea subochreella'', the Straw-coloured Tubic, is a species of gelechioid moth in the family Lypusidae.
This species was formerly in the genus ''Pseudatemelia''.
Taxonomy
Here, this species is placed within the subfamily Lypusinae of the m ...
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Pseudatemelia synchrozella''
(Jäckh, 1959)
** ''
Pseudatemelia xanthosoma''
(Rebel, 1900)
* Subgenus ''Pseudatemelia (Tubuliferola)''
Strand, 1917
** ''
Pseudatemelia elsae''
Svensson, 1982
** ''
Pseudatemelia josephinae''
** ''
Pseudatemelia langohri''
E.Palm, 1990
References
Amphisbatinae
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