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Subfamily Gelechiinae

Twirler Moth - Anacampsis levipedella Moth Burdock Seedhead Moth - Metzneria lappella Stegasta bosqueela - Stegasta bosqueella Gnorimoschema terracottella Moth - Anacampsis agrimoniella Stripe-backed Moth - Battaristis vittella 1025 Chionodes cf. C. mediofuscella - Black-smudged Chionodes Moth 2093 - Chionodes mediofuscella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Numbers
the largest subfamily of Gelechiidae, includes most of the genera and species in the family (see partial list of genera in Remarks section below)
Identification
abdominal sternum 2 with a pair of venulae and a pair of apodemes (apodemes very short in Anacampsis group); antenna usually without pecten (some Aristotelia, Bryotropha, Metzneria, Monochroa with pecten usually a single, slender scale, Apatetris group with full pecten of broader scales)
[description from Mississippi State U.; adapted from R.W. Hodges, 1999)
Remarks
partial list of genera in this subfamily:
Anacampsis, Aristotelia, Aroga, Arogalea, Battaritis, Bryotropha, Caryocolum, Coleotechnites, Deltophora, Exoteleia, Fascista, Filatima, Frumenta, Gelechia, Gnorimoschema, Keiferia, Metzneria, Monochroa, Naera, Neodactylota, Neotelphusa, Prolita, Pseudochelaria, Pseudotelphusa, Recurvaria, Stegasta, Strobisia, Taygete, Teleiodes, Telphusa, Xenolechia
[Mississippi State U.]
Internet References
links to images of many species in subfamily, plus other Gelechiidae (Mississippi State U.)