Dichomeridinae 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 ...

Distribution

Almost worldwide, except the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

Diversity

The subfamily formerly included three tribes, about 29 genera and about 900 species. However, a 2013 study moved the Chelariini to the subfamily Anacampsinae.

Taxonomy and systematics

*Dichomeridini Hampson, 1918 **'' Acanthophila'' **'' Acompsia'' **'' Anasphaltis'' **'' Arotria'' Meyrick, 1904 **'' Atasthalistis'' Meyrick, 1886 **'' Besciva'' Busck, 1914 **''

Brachmia ''Brachmia'' is a genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Among these, it is mostly placed in the subfamily Dichomeridinae. Taxonomy Other authors have used it as type genus of a distinct subfamily Brachmiinae. However, the "Brachmiinae ...

'' **'' Cathegesis'' Walsingham, 1910 **'' Dichomeris'' **'' Eunebristis'' Meyrick, 1923 **'' Harpagidia'' Ragonot, 1895 **''

Helcystogramma ''Helcystogramma'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was erected by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1877. Distribution and diversity The genus is distributed almost worldwide, with around half of known taxa occurring in Asia. ...

'' **'' Holaxyra'' Meyrick, 1913 **'' Hylograptis'' Meyrick, 1910 **'' Hyodectis'' **'' Myconita'' **'' Onebala'' Walker, 1864 **'' Oxypteryx'' Rebel, 1911 **'' Plocamosaris'' Meyrick, 1912 **'' Rhadinophylla'' Turner, 1919 **'' Sclerocopa'' Meyrick, 1937 **'' Scodes'' **'' Streniastis'' **'' Symbolistis'' **'' Syndesmica'' (not Gelechiidae?)

Formerly placed here

*'' Anaptilora'' (now in

Autostichidae Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, es ...

) *'' Capidentalia'' (='' Bagdadia'')

References

* 2006: Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae): Phylogeny, classification, and position in the system of gelechiid moths. ''Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie'', 85 (2): 375–384. n Russian, English translation in ''Entomological review'', 86 (4): 449–456. (2006)* , 1998: A systematic study on the genus ''Dendrophilia'' Ponomarenko, 1993 from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia'' 26 (102): 101–111. * , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Memoir 6: 146–261. * , 2008: Functional morphology of the male genitalia in Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) and its signifi cance for phylogenetic analysis. ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 31 (2): 179–198. Full Article

* , 2012: Four new species of the tribe Chelariini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan'' 63 (2): 79–86. Abstract and full article

* 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. ''Far Eastern Entomologist'' 67: 1–17. Full article

* 2008: Functional morphology of the male genitalia in Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) and its signifi cance for phylogenetic analysis. ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 31 (2): 179–198. Full Article

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q4037314 Dichomeridinae, Gelechiidae Moth subfamilies