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.)
