Xenolechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. The genus is distributed in Eurasia and North America. Host plants are known from families Ericaceae, Fagaceae, and Rhamnaceae.
Species
There are eleven recognized species:
- Xenolechia aethiops <small>(Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)</small>
- Xenolechia basistrigella <small>(Zeller, 1873)</small>
- Xenolechia ceanothiae <small>Priest, 2014</small>
- Xenolechia ceanothiella <small>(Braun, 1921)</small>
- Xenolechia lindae <small>Huemer & Karsholt, 1999</small>
- Xenolechia ontariensis <small>Keifer, 1933</small>
- Xenolechia pseudovulgella <small>Huemer & Karsholt, 1999</small>
- Xenolechia querciphaga <small>Keifer, 1933</small>
- Xenolechia staspa <small>Opler, 1974</small>
- Xenolechia taphiopis <small>(Meyrick, 1929)</small>
- Xenolechia velatella <small>Busck, 1907</small>
X. taphiopis may also be included in Recurvaria as Recurvaria taphiopis.
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