Adult Xylorycta assimilis of the Xyloryctidae, photographed in Aranda (Australia) Note prominent "horns" and long antennae
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Clade:
Apoditrysia
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea Fracker, 1915
Diversity
16-21 families (see text)
Gelechioidea (from the type genus Gelechia, "keeping to the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large and poorly understood '"micromoth" superfamily, constituting one of the basal lineages of the Ditrysia.[1]
As of the 1990s, this superfamily was composed of about 1,425 genera and 16,250 species. It was estimated that only 25% of the species diversity of Gelechioidea had been described.[2] If this estimate is accurate, Gelechioidea will be one of the largest superfamilies of Lepidoptera.[1]
The name "curved-horn moths" refers to one of the few conspicuous features found in (almost) all Gelechioidea, and, at least in the more extreme developments, unique to them: the labial palps are well-developed (though not thickened), and form more or less gently curved protrusions whose end has a drawn-out, pointed tip. Their proboscis is generally well-developed, allowing for long-lived imagines (adults); the proximal part of the proboscis is scaly. Otherwise, the Gelechioidea vary extensively in habitus; most have small hind-wings with long, hairy fringes, though these are not easily seen in the living animal as they are tucked under the fore-wings at rest. The body is usually quite compressed, either dorsoventrally or laterally.[3]
^ abRobinson et al. (1994), Hodges (1999), O'Toole (2002)
Gelechioidea (from the type genus Gelechia, "keeping to the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives...
They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dispute....
sperm canal.) Of the early lineages of Ditrysia, Gracillarioidea and Gelechioidea are mostly leaf miners, but more recent lineages feed externally. In...
found in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. New and little-known Ethmiidae (Gelechioidea) from Central Asia[permanent dead link] Nupponen, K. (March 2015). "Interesting...
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"Elachista" parvipulvella is a moth of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It was described from Texas. The separate condition of the hindwing veins RS and Ml...
Cacochroa is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. The systematic placement is problematic due to insufficient research. Formerly, it was often...
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superfamily Tineoidea, which is a basal lineage of the Ditrysia (as is Gelechioidea, which includes case-bearers). This means that the bagworms and case-bearers...
"An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)". Zootaxa. 4632 (1): 1–231. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4632...
Eulechria encratodes is a species of moth in the family Gelechioidea that occurs in Australia. "Eulechria encratodes". Retrieved 2008-12-23. "Eulechria...
Odites venusta is a moth in the family Depressariidae and superfamily Gelechioidea. It was described by Sigeru Moriuti in 1977. It is found in Japan. "Odites...
Smilax china. "A taxonomic review of the genus Batrachedra (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Batrachedridae) in Korea". Archived from the original on 2014-04-08...
2000: A review of the South American Elachistidae s. str. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), with descriptions of 15 new species. Steenstrupia 25 (2): 159-193....
D., 1997: The identity of Flatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens 1864) (Gelechioidea: Gelechiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51 (1): 32-46...
caterpillars feed upon the seeds of Cyperaceae. Hodges, Ronald W. (1999). "The Gelechioidea". In Kristensen, N.P. (ed.). Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology...
(1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020...
Holcopogoninae are a subfamily of moths. They belong to the huge the superfamily Gelechioidea, of which they represent a minor but apparently quite distinct lineage...
Adamski, D., 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). Zootaxa 3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article: doi:10...
online portions of "Pacificulla gen. nov. of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) from New Guinea, with descriptions of six new species" use the spelling...
biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from...
Acria is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is placed in the family Depressariidae, which is often – particularly in older treatments – considered...
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