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| Xenolechia | |
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| Xenolechia aethiops | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Tribe: | Litini |
| Genus: | Xenolechia Meyrick, 1895 |
Xenolechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1][2][3] The genus is distributed in Eurasia and North America.[3] Host plants are known from families Ericaceae, Fagaceae, and Rhamnaceae.[3]
Species
[edit]There are eleven recognized species:[1][2]
- Xenolechia aethiops (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
- Xenolechia basistrigella (Zeller, 1873)
- Xenolechia ceanothiae Priest, 2014
- Xenolechia ceanothiella (Braun, 1921)
- Xenolechia lindae Huemer & Karsholt, 1999
- Xenolechia ontariensis Keifer, 1933
- Xenolechia pseudovulgella Huemer & Karsholt, 1999
- Xenolechia querciphaga Keifer, 1933
- Xenolechia staspa Opler, 1974
- Xenolechia taphiopis (Meyrick, 1929)
- Xenolechia velatella Busck, 1907
X. taphiopis may also be included in Recurvaria as Recurvaria taphiopis.
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hobern, D. & Sattler, K. (3 May 2025). "Xenolechia Meyrick, 1895". Catalogue of World Gelechiidae 1.1.25.123. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Xenolechia Meyrick, 1895". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 Lee, Sangmi & Brown, Richard L. (2008). "Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 1818 (1): 1–55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1818.1.1.
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