Dactylethrella

Dactylethrella
Dactylethrella bryophilella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Anacampsinae
Genus:
T. B. Fletcher, 1940
Synonyms

Dactylethra Meyrick, 1906 nec. Dactylethra Cuvier, 1829

Dactylethrella is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940 and is a replacement name for Dactylethra Meyrick, 1906 (preoccupied by Dactylethra Cuvier, 1829).

Taxonomy

The type species of both aforementioned genera is Dactylethra tetroctas Meyrick, 1906 from Sri Lanka, later a junior subjective synonym of Dactylethrella candida (Stainton, 1859).

Species

The species of this genus are:[1][2]

Thes Asian species (amongst others) are subsequently placed in other genera:

(See also "Dactylethrella albidella" of some listings, may be from protonym Nothris albidella Snellen, 1884, later Empalactis albidella (Snellen, 1884)).

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Dactylethrella Fletcher T. B., 1940". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Dactylethrella Fletcher, 1940". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 21, 2018.


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