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Species Dichomeris punctipennella - Many-spotted Dichomeris - Hodges#2288

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Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Taxonomic study on the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818, with descriptions of three new...

By Li, H.H., H. Zhen, R.C. Kendrick & M.J. Sterling
SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 38(149): 67-89., 2010

Li, H.H., H. Zhen, R.C. Kendrick & M.J. Sterling, 2010. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Taxonomic study on the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818, with descriptions of three new species
(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 38(149): 67-89.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 21 April, 2017 - 4:30am

Caterpillar leaf folding as a defense against predation and dislodgment: Staged encounters using Dichomeris (Gelechiidae) larvae

By Carol C. Loeffler
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50(3): 245-260, 1996

Loeffler, C.C. 1996. Caterpillar leaf folding as a defense against predation and dislodgment: Staged encounters using Dichomeris (Gelechiidae) larvae on Goldenrods. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50(3): 245-260

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 29 July, 2013 - 3:23pm

Natural History of Leaf-Folding Caterpillars, Dichomeris spp. (Gelechiidae), on Goldenrods and Asters.

By Carol C. Loeffler
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 102(4): 405-428, 1994

Loeffler, C.C. 1994. Natural History of Leaf-Folding Caterpillars, Dichomeris spp. (Gelechiidae), on Goldenrods and Asters. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 102(4): 405-428 (free access)

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 28 July, 2013 - 2:09pm

Descriptions of males of two species of Dichomeris (Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae) species with new distributional ....

By SangmiLee, Richard L. Brown
Lepidopterists' Society 60: 38-40 , 2006

Descriptions of males of two species of Dichomeris (Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae) species with new distributional records in Mississippi and Alabama.

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 March, 2013 - 12:25pm

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Ornativalva erubescens (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Introduced in North America

By Sangmi Lee, Ian Watkinson and James Vargo
Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 71(3): 141–145, 2017

Online abstract and access here.

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 4 September, 2017 - 10:21pm

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A molecular analysis of the Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) with an interpretative grouping of its taxa

By Karsholt, O., M. Mutanen, S. Lee, & L. Kaila
Systematic Entomology. 38 (2):334–348, 2013

Abstract here

Conclusions from this paper:

"Based on our findings, and considering them against earlier classifications to make a minimum number of changes, we separate the family Gelechiidae into seven subfamilies (Physoptili- nae, Anacampsinae, Dichomeridinae, Apatetrinae, Thiotrichi- nae, Anomologinae, Gelechiinae) (Fig. 2). The Pexicopiinae is according to our data a subordinate clade (Pexicopiini) within the Apatetrinae.

For the clade consisting of Thiotricha and Macrenches we propose Thiotrichinae subfam.nov.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 13 March, 2016 - 5:15am

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Restriction of the genus Gelechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with descriptions of new genera

By August Busck
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 86(3064): 563-593, 1939

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 March, 2013 - 12:29am

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A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species

By August Busck
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938, 1903

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 February, 2013 - 1:22pm

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