Gelechiinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
Taxonomy
The subfamily includes the following tribes and genera:
- Litini <small>Bruand, 1859</small>
- Agnippe <small>Chambers, 1872</small>
- Altenia <small>Sattler, 1960</small>
- Angustialata <small>Omelko, 1988</small>
- Arcutelphusa <small>Lee & Brown, 2008 </small>
- Argyrolacia <small>Keifer, 1936</small>
- Arogalea <small>Walsingham, 1910</small>
- Carpatolechia <small>Capuse, 1964</small>
- Chorivalva <small>Omelko, 1988</small>
- Coleotechnites <small>Chambers, 1880</small>
- Concubina <small>Omelko & Omelko, 2004</small>
- Exoteleia <small>Wallengren, 1881</small>
- Glauce <small>Chambers, 1875</small>
- Istrianis <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Neotelphusa <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Parachronistis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Parastenolechia <small>Kanazawa, 1985</small>
- Piskunovia <small>Omelko, 1988</small>
- Pragmatodes <small>Walsingham, [1908]</small>
- Protoparachronistis <small>Omelko, 1986</small>
- Pseudotelphusa <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Pubitelphusa <small>Lee & Brown, 2013</small>
- Recurvaria <small>Haworth, 1828</small>
- Schistophila <small>Chrétien, 1899</small>
- Schneidereria <small>Weber, 1957</small>
- Sergeya <small>Ponomarenko, 2007</small>
- Sinoe <small>Chambers, 1873</small>
- Stenolechia <small>Meyrick, 1894</small>
- Stenolechiodes <small>Elsner, [1996]</small>
- Streyella <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Teleiodes <small>Sattler, 1960</small>
- Teleiopsis <small>Sattler, 1960</small>
- Telphusa <small>Chambers, 1872</small>
- Xenolechia <small>Meyrick, 1895</small>
- Gelechiini <small>Stainton, 1854</small>
- Araeovalva <small>Janse, 1960</small>
- Arla <small>Clarke, 1942</small>
- Armatophallus <small>Bidzilya, 2015</small>
- Aroga <small>Busck, 1914</small>
- Athrips <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
- Calliprora <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Chionodes <small>Hübner, [1825]</small>
- Eudactylota <small>Walsingham, 1911</small>
- Faculta <small>Busck, 1939</small>
- Fascista <small>Busck, 1939</small>
- Filatima <small>Busck, 1939</small>
- Friseria <small>Busck, 1939</small>
- Gelechia <small>Hübner, [1825]</small>
- Metopleura <small>Busck, 1912</small>
- Mirificarma <small>Gozmány, 1955</small>
- Neodactylota <small>Busck in Dyar, [1903]</small>
- Neofriseria <small>Sattler, 1960</small>
- Parathectis <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Peltasta <small>Bidzilya, 2010</small>
- Prolita <small>Leraut, 1993</small>
- Pseudochelaria <small>Dietz, 1900</small>
- Psoricoptera <small>Stainton, 1854</small>
- Rifseria <small>Hodges, 1966</small>
- Sarotorna <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Schizovalva <small>Janse, 1951</small>
- Smenodoca <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Sophronia <small>Hübner, [1825]</small>
- Sriferia <small>Hodges, 1966</small>
- Stegasta <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Trypanisma <small>Clemens, 1860</small>
- Xystophora <small>Wocke in Heinemann & Wocke, [1876]</small>
- Aulidiotis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Trichembola <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Gnorimoschemini <small>Povolný, 1964</small>
- Agonochaetia <small>Povolný, 1965</small>
- Australiopalpa <small>Povolný, 1974</small>
- Canarischema <small>Karsholt in Landry, Nazari, Bidzilya, Huemer & Karsholt, 2017</small>
- Caryocolum <small>Gregor & Povolný, 1954</small>
- Cosmardia <small>Povolný, 1965</small>
- Ephysteris <small>Meyrick, 1908</small>
- Eurysacca <small>Povolný, 1967</small>
- Eurysaccoides <small>Povolný, 1998</small>
- Exceptia <small>Povolný, 1967</small>
- Frumenta <small>Busck, 1939</small>
- Gnorimoschema <small>Busck, 1900</small>
- Gobipalpa <small>Povolný, 1973</small>
- Insuloschema <small>Povolný, 2004</small>
- Keiferia <small>Busck, 1939</small>
- Kiwaia <small>Philpott, 1930</small>
- Klimeschiopsis <small>Povolný, 1967</small>
- Lutilabria <small>Povolný, 1965</small>
- Lysipatha <small>Meyrick, 1926</small>
- Magonympha <small>Meyrick, 1916</small>
- Microlechia <small>Turati, 1924</small>
- Neopalpa <small>Povolný, 1998</small>
- Nevadopalpa <small>Povolný, 1998</small>
- Ochrodia <small>Povolný, 1966</small>
- Phloeocecis <small>Chrétien, 1908</small>
- Phobetica <small>Turner, 1944</small>
- Phricogenes <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Phylopatris <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Phthorimaea <small>Meyrick, 1902</small>
- Pogochaetia <small>Staudinger, 1880</small>
- Sattleria <small>Povolný, 1965</small>
- Schmidtnielsenia <small>Povolný, 1987</small>
- Scrobipalpa <small>Janse, 1951</small>
- Scrobipalpomima <small>Povolný, 1985</small>
- Scrobipalpopsis <small>Povolný, 1967</small>
- Scrobipalpula <small>Povolný, 1964</small>
- Scrobipalpuloides <small>Povolný, 1987</small>
- Scrobitasta <small>Povolný, 1985</small>
- Symmetrischema <small>Povolný, 1967</small>
- Tecia <small>Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910</small>
- Tila <small>Povolný, 1965</small>
- Trychnopalpa <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Turcopalpa <small>Povolný, 1973</small>
- Tuta <small>Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910</small>
- Vladimirea <small>Povolný, 1967</small>
- incertae sedis
- Adelomorpha <small>Snellen, 1885</small>
- Adoxotricha <small>Meyrick, 1938</small>
- Adullamitis <small>Meyrick, 1932</small>
- Aeolotrocha <small>Meyrick, 1921</small>
- Afrotelphusa <small>Bidzilya & Mey, 2011</small>
- Agathactis <small>Meyrick, 1929</small>
- Allophlebia <small>Janse, 1960</small>
- Allotelphusa <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Amblypalpis <small>Ragonot, 1886</small>
- Amphigenes <small>Meyrick, 1921</small>
- Anastreblotis <small>Meyrick, 1927</small>
- Anomoxena <small>Meyrick, 1917</small>
- Anthinora <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Apocritica <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Apotactis <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Apothetoeca <small>Meyrick, 1922</small>
- Apotistatus <small>Walsingham, 1904</small>
- Araeophalla <small>Janse, 1960</small>
- Araeophylla <small>Janse, 1954</small>
- Ardozyga <small>Lower, 1902</small>
- Aregha <small>Chrétien, 1915</small>
- Argophara <small>Janse, 1963</small>
- Arotromima <small>Meyrick, 1929</small>
- Belovalva <small>Janse, 1963</small>
- Benguelasa <small>Bidzilya & Mey, 2011</small>
- Bilobata <small>Vári in Vári & Kroon, 1986</small>
- Encolpotis <small>Meyrick, 1909</small>
- Angustiphylla <small>Janse, 1960</small>
- Asapharcha <small>Meyrick, 1920</small>
- Bactropaltis <small>Meyrick, 1939</small>
- Barticeja <small>Povolný, 1967</small>
- Batenia <small>Chrétien, 1908</small>
- Bruchiana <small>Jörgensen, 1916</small>
- Canthonistis <small>Meyrick, 1922</small>
- Cartericella <small>Fletcher, 1940</small>
- Catalexis <small>Walsingham, 1909</small>
- Cerofrontia <small>Janse, 1951</small>
- Charistica <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Chlorolychnis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Chretienella <small>Turati, 1919</small>
- Clistothyris <small>Zeller, 1877</small>
- Cnaphostola <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Coconympha <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Colonanthes <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Commatica <small>Meyrick, 1909</small>
- Compsosaris <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Coniogyra <small>Meyrick, 1921</small>
- Copticostola <small>Meyrick, 1929</small>
- Corynaea <small>Turner, 1919</small>
- Coudia <small>Chrétien, 1915</small>
- Coydalla <small>Walker, 1864</small>
- Crambodoxa <small>Meyrick, 1913</small>
- Craspedotis <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Crypsimaga <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Darlia <small>Clarke, 1950</small>
- Diprotochaeta <small>Diakonoff, 1941</small>
- Dissoptila <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Dolerotricha <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Drepanoterma <small>Walsingham, 1897</small>
- Elasiprora <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Emmetrophysis <small>Diakonoff, 1954</small>
- Empedaula <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Ephelictis <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Epibrontis <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Epimimastis <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Encentrotis <small>Meyrick, 1921</small>
- Epimesophleps <small>Rebel, 1907</small>
- Erikssonella <small>Janse, 1960</small>
- Eripnura <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Eristhenodes <small>Meyrick, 1935</small>
- Erythriastis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Ethirostoma <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Euchionodes <small>Clarke, 1950</small>
- Eunomarcha <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Euzonomacha <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Excommatica <small>Janse, 1951</small>
- Flexiptera <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Fortinea <small>Busck, 1914</small>
- Furcaphora <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Gambrostola <small>Meyrick, 1926</small>
- Glycerophthora <small>Meyrick, 1935</small>
- Gonaepa <small>Walker, 1866</small>
- Hapalonoma <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Haplovalva <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Harmatitis <small>Meyrick, 1910</small>
- Hemiarcha <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Hierangela <small>Meyrick, 1894</small>
- Holcophoroides <small>Matsumura, 1931</small>
- Homotima <small>Diakonoff, 1954</small>
- Hypodrasia <small>Diakonoff, [1968]</small>
- Irenidora <small>Meyrick in Caradja & Meyrick, 1938</small>
- Ischnophenax <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Karwandania <small>Amsel, 1959</small>
- Khoisa <small>Bidzilya & Mey, 2011</small>
- Lacharissa <small>Meyrick, 1937</small>
- Lachnostola <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Lanceopenna <small>Janse, 1950</small>
- Larcophora <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Lasiarchis <small>Meyrick, 1937</small>
- Latrologa <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Limenarchis <small>Meyrick, 1926</small>
- Locharcha <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Logisis <small>Walsingham, 1909</small>
- Lophaeola <small>Meyrick, 1932</small>
- Melitoxestis <small>Meyrick, 1921</small>
- Melitoxoides <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Menecratistis <small>Meyrick, 1933</small>
- Meridorma <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Metabolaea <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Metaplatyntis <small>Meyrick, 1938</small>
- Meteoristis <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Mnesistega <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Molopostola <small>Meyrick, 1920</small>
- Namatetris <small>Bidzilya & Mey, 2011</small>
- Narthecoceros <small>Meyrick, 1906</small>
- Neolechia <small>Diakonoff, 1948</small>
- Ochmastis <small>Meyrick, 1908</small>
- Oncerozancla <small>Turner, 1933</small>
- Ophiolechia <small>Sattler, 1996</small>
- Organitis <small>Meyrick, 1906</small>
- Orphanoclera <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Orthoptila <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Oxylechia <small>Meyrick, 1917</small>
- Pachygeneia <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Palintropa <small>Meyrick, 1913</small>
- Paltoloma <small>Ghesquière, 1940</small>
- Pancoenia <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Panicotricha <small>Meyrick, 1913</small>
- Parapsectris <small>Meyrick, 1911</small>
- Parastega <small>Meyrick, 1912</small>
- Paratelphusa <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Pavolechia <small>Busck, 1914</small>
- Pelocnistis <small>Meyrick, 1932</small>
- Percnarcha <small>Meyrick, 1915</small>
- Petalostomella <small>Fletcher, 1940</small>
- Peucoteles <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Phaeotypa <small>Turner, 1944</small>
- Pharangitis <small>Meyrick, 1905</small>
- Phthoracma <small>Meyrick, 1921</small>
- Pithanurga <small>Meyrick, 1921</small>
- Pityocona <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Platymacha <small>Meyrick, 1933</small>
- Proadamas <small>Meyrick, 1929</small>
- Prosodarma <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Proteodoxa <small>Meyrick, 1938</small>
- Pseudarla <small>Clarke, 1965</small>
- Pseudathrips <small>Povolný, 1986</small>
- Reichardtiella <small>Filipjev, 1931</small>
- Rotundivalva <small>Janse, 1951</small>
- Satrapodoxa <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Schistovalva <small>Janse, 1960</small>
- Sclerocecis <small>Chrétien, 1908</small>
- Sclerograptis <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Sclerophantis <small>Meyrick, 1935</small>
- Semophylax <small>Meyrick, 1932</small>
- Sicera <small>Chrétien, 1908</small>
- Sorotacta <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Spermanthrax <small>Meyrick, 1936</small>
- Sphaleractis <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Sphenogrypa <small>Meyrick, 1920</small>
- Stachyostoma <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Stagmaturgis <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Stenovalva <small>Amsel, 1955</small>
- Steremniodes <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Stereodmeta <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Sterrhostoma <small>Meyrick, 1935</small>
- Stigmatoptera <small>Hartig, 1936</small>
- Strenophila <small>Meyrick, 1913</small>
- Symbatica <small>Meyrick, 1910</small>
- Symphanactis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Synactias <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Syncathedra <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Syngelechia <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Tabernillaia <small>Walsingham, 1911</small>
- Tahla <small>Dumont, 1932</small>
- Tanycyttara <small>Turner, 1933</small>
- Thaumaturgis <small>Meyrick, 1934</small>
- Thiognatha <small>Meyrick, 1920</small>
- Thriophora <small>Meyrick, 1911</small>
- Thrypsigenes <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Thymosopha <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Tiranimia <small>Chrétien, 1915</small>
- Toxotacma <small>Meyrick, 1929</small>
- Tricerophora <small>Janse, 1958</small>
- Tricyphistis <small>Meyrick, 1934</small>
- Tritadelpha <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Trypherogenes <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Zelosyne <small>Walsingham, 1911</small>
- Zizyphia <small>Chrétien, 1908</small>
References
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