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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Pterolonchidae

Family Pterolonchidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References
Palm Leaf Skeletonizer - Homaledra knudsoni Octagonal Casemaker - Homaledra octagonella Octagonal Casemaker Larva - Hodges #1398 - Homaledra octagonella Octagonal Casemaker Moth, 1398 - Homaledra octagonella saw palmetto feeder - Homaledra sabalella Unknown Gelechioidea - Homaledra octagonella Penny's Bend leaf miner on Helianthus D2886 2021 2.1 - Homaledra octagonella Penny's Bend leaf miner on Helianthus hirsutus D2886 2021 3.1 - Homaledra octagonella
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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 Pterolonchidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coelopoeta was formerly placed in Elachistinae.
Homaledra was formerly placed in Batrachedridae.
Explanation of Names
Author: Meyrick, 1918
Numbers
30+ spp. worldwide (Heikkilä et al. 2013)
Print References
Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M. and Kaila, L. 2013. Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). Cladistics 1-27. (abstract)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 March, 2014 - 9:36pm

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