Tribe Anacampsini

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

Anacampsis fullonella, Hodges # 2236 ? - Anacampsis fullonella

Twirler Moth - Hodges #2223 - Untomia albistrigella

Gelechiidae on Baptisia, live larva - Anacampsis lupinella - male

Battaristis n. sp. - Battaristis undescribed

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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 Anacampsinae

Tribe Anacampsini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anacampsini Bruand, 1850

Numbers

46 described species in 8 genera in our area (1).

Identification

A very morphologically uniform group (2).

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 Robin McLeod on 1 March, 2006 - 9:16pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Mike Quinn, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 29 March, 2019 - 8:17am

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