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Dichomeridinae

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Dichomeridinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Dichomeridinae
Hampson, 1918
Synonyms
  • Dichomeridae Hampson, 1918
  • Dichomerisinae Heslop, 1938 (misspelling)
  • Dichomerinae Le Marchand, 1947
  • Brachmiinae Heslop, 1938
Dichomeris inserrata

Dichomeridinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

Distribution

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Almost worldwide, except the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

Diversity

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The subfamily formerly included three tribes, about 29 genera and about 900 species. However, a 2013 study moved the Chelariini to the subfamily Anacampsinae.

Taxonomy and systematics

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Formerly placed here

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References

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  • M.G. 2006: Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae): Phylogeny, classification, and position in the system of gelechiid moths. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 85 (2): 375–384. [In Russian, English translation in Entomological review, 86 (4): 449–456. (2006)]
  • Li, H.H. & Z.M. Zheng, 1998: A systematic study on the genus Dendrophilia Ponomarenko, 1993 from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 26 (102): 101–111.
  • Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.
  • Ponomarenko, M.G., 2008: Functional morphology of the male genitalia in Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) and its significance for phylogenetic analysis. Nota Lepidopterologica 31 (2): 179–198. Full Article: [1].
  • Ueda, T., 2012: Four new species of the tribe Chelariini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 63 (2): 79–86. Abstract and full article: [2].
  • Ponomarenko, M.G. 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist 67: 1–17. Full article: [3].
  • Ponomarenko, M.G. 2008: Functional morphology of the male genitalia in Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) and its signifi cance for phylogenetic analysis. Nota Lepidopterologica 31 (2): 179–198. Full Article: [4].
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  • Data related to Dichomeridinae at Wikispecies
  • Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.