Genus Thyraylia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Tortricinae

Tribe Cochylini

Genus Thyraylia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Thyraylia Walsingham, 1897 (1)

"Thyraylia was listed as a synonym of Cochylis by Razowski (1997, 2009, 2011). However, Pogue (1986) and Brown (2005) both listed Thyraylia as a separate genus. We follow the latter concept." - Meltzer & Brown 2014 (2)(3)(4)

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet from Greek θύραυλία meaning "living out of doors." (1)

Numbers

6 species (2)

Print References

Pogue, M.G. 1986. A generic revision of the Cochylidae (Lepidoptera) of North America. Ph.D. thesis, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 280 pp.

Walsingham, Lord. 1897. Revision of the West-Indian micro-lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 138. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the West-Indian micro-lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species. Lord Walsingham. 1897. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 54-183.

2.	An updated check list of the Cochylina (Tortricidae, Tortricinae, Euliini) of North America north of Mexico including... Metzler, E.H. & Brown, J.W. 2014. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 68(4): 274–282.

3.	Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Canada Razowski, J. 1997. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 40(1):107-163.

4.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

Contributed by tom murray on 16 January, 2008 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 February, 2018 - 6:17pm

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