Subfamily Apatetrinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Unidentified moth - Platyedra subcinerea

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Subfamily Apatetrinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apatetrinae Meyrick, 1947

Numbers

8 species in 5 genera in our area (1).

Identification

"This subfamily possesses at least one synapomorphy: the antenna with a fully developed pecten. Although a pecten is generally a homoplastic character among Gelechioidea, its presence is nearly always consistent with relationships at the subfamily level (Kaila, 2004). Within Gelechiidae a fully developed antennal pecten is only present in Apatetrinae. When present outside of the Apatetrinae it consists of only a single bristle" (2).

Print References

Kaila, L. (2004) Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an exemplar approach. Cladistics, 20, 303–340.

Works Cited

1.	Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.

2.	A molecular analysis of the Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) with an interpretative grouping of its taxa Karsholt, O., M. Mutanen, S. Lee, & L. Kaila. 2013. Systematic Entomology. 38 (2):334–348.

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 11 May, 2016 - 5:10pm
Last updated 7 January, 2017 - 12:02am

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