Dichomeridinae

Dichomeridinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Dichomeridinae Hampson, 1918
Synonyms
Dichomeridae Hampson, 1918 Dichomerisinae Heslop, 1938 (misspelling) Dichomerinae Le Marchand, 1947 Brachmiinae Heslop, 1938

Dichomeridinae is a subfamily of moths in the Gelechiidae family.

Distribution

Almost world-wide, except the arctic and antarctic regions.

Diversity

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

Taxonomy and systematics

• Dichomeridini Hampson, 1918
  • Acanthophila
  • Acompsia
  • Anasphaltis
  • Arotria Meyrick, 1904
  • Atasthalistis Meyrick, 1886
  • Besciva Busck, 1914
  • Brachmia
  • Cathegesis Walsingham, 1910
  • Dichomeris
  • Eunebristis Meyrick, 1923
  • Harpagidia Ragonot, 1895
  • Helcystogramma
  • Holaxyra Meyrick, 1913
  • Hylograptis Meyrick, 1910
  • Hyodectis
  • Myconita
  • Onebala Walker, 1864
  • Oxypteryx Rebel, 1911
  • Plocamosaris Meyrick, 1912
  • Rhadinophylla Turner, 1919
  • Sclerocopa Meyrick, 1937
  • Scodes
  • Streniastis
  • Symbolistis
  • Syndesmica (not Gelechiidae?)

Formerly placed here

• Anaptilora (now in Autostichidae)
• Capidentalia (=Bagdadia)

References

• 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 signifi cance 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].

External links

• Data related to Dichomeridinae at Wikispecies
• Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of Asia