Gelechioidea
- Oecophoridae (concealer moths) (monophyly uncertain)
- Batrachedridae
- Hypertrophidae
- Depressariidae
- Coleophoridae (casebearer moths) (monophyly uncertain)
- Elachistidae (grass miner moths) (monophyly uncertain)
- Blastodacnidae
- Agonoxenidae (palm moths)
- Ethmiidae
- Blastobasidae (scavenger moths)
- Momphidae (mompha moths)
- Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths)
- Gelechiidae (twirler moths) (monophyly uncertain)
- Symmocidae
- Holcopogonidae
- Lecithoceridae (longhorned moths)
- Scythrididae (flower moths) (monophyly uncertain)
References
Bucheli, S. R. and J. Wenzel. 2005. Gelechioidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) systematics: A reexamination using combined morphology and mitochondrial DNA data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(2):380-394.
Hodges, R. W. 1999. The Gelechioidea. Pages 131-158 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
Kaila, L. 2004. Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an exemplar approach. Cladistics 20:303?340.
Minet, J. 1990. Remaniement partiel de la classification des Gelechioidea, essentiellement en fonction de caract?res pr?-imaginaux (Lepidoptera, Ditrysia). Alexanor 16(1989)239-255.
Nielsen, E. S. and I. F. B. Common 1991. Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies). Pages 817-915 in Insects of Australia: A Textbook for Students and Research Workers. Volume I. Second Edition. I. D. Naumann, P. B. Carne, J. F. Lawrence, E. S. Nielsen, J. P. Spradberry, R. W. Taylor, M. J. Whitten and M. J. Littlejohn eds. Carlton, Victoria, Melbourne University Press.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Metzneria paucipunctella (Gelechiidae) |
|---|---|
| Acknowledgements | Courtesy InsectImages.org (#0021045) |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Copyright | © Neal Spencer, USDA ARS |
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