The Chrysopeleiinae are a subfamily of the
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, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. ...
, although some authors treat it as a full family, the Chrysopeleiidae.
[Niels P. Kristensen: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. In: Maximilian Fischer (Hrsg.): Handbook of Zoology. 1. Auflage. Band 4 – Arthropoda: Insecta, Teilband 35, de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1998, .]
Distribution
The subfamily is distributed mostly in
Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
, southern Asia,
Africa
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and in
America. In the
Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sib ...
, over 50 species are found, with 16 species in six genera found in
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
.
Genera
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Afeda'' (Nearctic)
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Ascalenia'' (Palearctic, African, Australia)
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Bifascia''
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Bifascioides''
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Calanesia'' (from Tunisia)
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Calycobathra'' (northern Africa, Near & Middle East)
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Chrysopeleia
In Greek mythology, Chrysopeleia (; Ancient Greek: ''Χρυσοπέλεια'') was a hamadryad nymph.
Mythology
The most prolonged account of her is given in John Tzetzes' scholia on Lycophron, and runs as follows. The tree in which Chrysopeleia ...
'' (nearctic)
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Gisilia'' (Palearctic & African)
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Ithome
Mount Ithome (Greek: Ἰθώμη) or Ithomi, previously Vourkano(s) ( el, Βουρκάνο(ς)) or Voulcano(s) ( el, Βουλκάνο(ς)), is the northernmost of twin peaks in Messenia, Greece. Mount Ithome rises to about , about over Valyra, ...
'' (Nearctic & Neotropical)
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Nepotula'' (Nearctic)
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Obithome'' (Nearctic)
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Perimede'' (Nearctic & Neotropical)
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Periploca'' (Nearctic & Palearctic)
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Pristen'' (Nearctic)
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Siskiwitia''
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Sorhagenia'' (Palearctic & Nearctic)
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Stilbosis'' (most species but 2 from the Americas)
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Walshia'' (Nearctic & Neotropical)
Placement uncertain
The following genera are alternatively placed in the subfamily
Cosmopteriginae:
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Leptozestis''
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Orthromicta''
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Synploca''
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Trachydora''
Formerly placed here
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Eumenodora'' (India/Australia)
References
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Cosmopterigidae
Moth subfamilies