Apatetrinae is a subfamily 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 in the family

Gelechiidae 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 d ...

. The subfamily was described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

in 1947.

Taxonomy and systematics

*Tribe Apatetrini **'' Apatetris'' Staudinger, 1880 **'' Dactylotula'' Cockerell, 1888 **'' Catatinagma'' Rebel, 1903 **'' Chrysoesthia'' Hübner,

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/small> **'' Coloptilia'' T. B. Fletcher, 1940 **'' Epidola'' Staudinger, 1859 **'' Epiphthora'' Meyrick, 1888 **'' Metanarsia'' Staudinger, 1871 **'' Oecocecis'' Guenée, 1870 *Tribe Pexicopiini Hodges, 1986 **'' Anisoplaca'' Meyrick, 1886 **'' Aspades'' Vári in Vári & Kroon, 1986 **'' Coleostoma'' Meyrick, 1922 **'' Decatopseustis'' Meyrick, 1925 **'' Epilechia'' Busck, 1939 **'' Ficulea'' Walker, 1864 **'' Galtica'' Busck, 1914 **'' Isembola'' Meyrick, 1926 **'' Lacistodes'' Meyrick, 1921 **'' Leistogenes'' Meyrick, 1927 **'' Macracaena'' Common, 1958 **'' Mometa'' Durrant, 1914 **'' Pectinophora'' Busck, 1917 **'' Pexicopia'' Common, 1958 **'' Phrixocrita'' Meyrick, 1935 **'' Platyedra'' Meyrick, 1895 **'' Porpodryas'' Meyrick, 1920 **'' Semnostoma'' Meyrick, 1918 **'' Sitotroga'' Heinemann, 1870 **'' Syncratomorpha'' Meyrick, 1929 **'' Trachyedra'' Meyrick, 1929 *Unplaced to tribe **'' Acutitornus'' Janse, 1951 **'' Anapatetris'' Janse, 1951 **'' Autodectis'' Meyrick, 1937 **'' Curvisignella'' Janse, 1951 **'' Filisignella'' Janse, 1951 **'' Grandipalpa'' Janse, 1951 **'' Ischnophylla'' Janse, 1963 **'' Lanceoptera'' Janse, 1960 **'' Macrocalcara'' Janse, 1951 **'' Neopatetris'' Janse, 1960 **'' Radionerva'' Janse, 1951

References

* * Gelechiidae Moth subfamilies {{Apatetrinae-stub