Gelechiidae - Definition


Gelechiidae - Definition

Gelechiidae

Chrysoesthia drurella (Gelechiidae)

Scientific classification

Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Metazoa
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Endopterygota
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Ditrysia
Division:	Microlepidoptera
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Gelechiidae

Author:

Stainton, 1854

Type species:

Gelechia rhombella

Diversity:

507 genera
4,530 species

Genera

Gelechia
(etc)

The Gelechiidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths).

Harmful Gelechiids

Anarsia lineatella, peach twig borer
Pectinophora gossypiella - pink bollworm, larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
Phthorimaea operculella - potato tuber moth
Sitotroga cerealella - Angoumois grain moth

Beneficial Gelechiids

Metzneria paucipunctella - Knapweed seed head moth, used to control Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)

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Arthropoda - Insecta - Families of Lepidoptera

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