Gelechiidae
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Gelechiidae

77 species. Wingspan 8-20mm.

A large family of mostly small to medium sized moths which typically have a pattern of small dark discal and plical spots, often with a pale or white distal fascia, sometimes reduced to costal and tornal spots. The hindwing of most species characteristically has the apex produced into a pointed extension.

Life histories are very varied with larvae mining leaves or feeding in shoots, roots, stems and seed heads and some living and feeding in or between spun leaves or in silken tubes in moss. Imagines mostly nocturnal or flying at dusk and coming to light but a few are diurnal.

 Anacampsinae
35.002 849 Aproaerema cinctella
35.003 844 Aproaerema larseniella
35.004 847 Aproaerema taeniolella
35.010 843 Aproaerema anthyllidella
35.011 853 Anacampsis populella
35.012 854 Anacampsis blattariella
35.017 797 Neofaculta ericetella
35.018 858 Hypatima rhomboidella
35.0191 857a Anarsia innoxiella
35.020 856 Anarsia spartiella
 Dichomeridinae
35.022 862 Dichomeris marginella
35.023 864 Dichomeris ustalella
35.024 865 Dichomeris derasella
35.025 851 Dichomeris alacella
35.026 855 Acompsia cinerella
35.027 861 Acompsia schmidtiellus
35.028 866 Brachmia blandella
35.031 868 Helcystogramma rufescens
35.032 809 Pexicopia malvella
 Apatetrinae
35.033 808 Platyedra subcinerea
35.034 749 Sitotroga cerealella
35.035 746 Chrysoesthia drurella
35.036 747 Chrysoesthia sexguttella
 Thiotrichinae
35.037 840 Thiotricha subocellea
 Anomologinae
35.038 789 Bryotropha domestica
35.039 788 Bryotropha politella
35.040 787 Bryotropha terrella
35.045 777 Bryotropha basaltinella
35.046 782 Bryotropha senectella
35.047 779 Bryotropha affinis
35.049 780 Bryotropha similis
35.050 752 Aristotelia ericinella
35.053 729 Isophrictis striatella
35.056 724 Metzneria lappella
35.058 726 Metzneria metzneriella
35.059 727a Metzneria aprilella
35.060 730 Apodia martinii
35.061 748 Ptocheuusa paupella
35.062 750 Psamathocrita osseella
35.065 728 Monochroa cytisella
35.066 735 Monochroa tenebrella
35.070 742 Monochroa lutulentella
35.071 736 Monochroa lucidella
35.076 741 Monochroa suffusella
35.077 740 Monochroa hornigi
35.079 733 Oxypteryx wilkella
35.080 732 Oxypteryx unicolorella
35.081 731 Oxypteryx atrella
 Gelechiinae
35.085 762 Athrips mouffetella
35.089 794 Prolita sexpunctella
35.091 841 Sophronia semicostella
35.092 793 Mirificarma lentiginosella
35.093 792 Mirificarma mulinella
35.094 796 Aroga velocella
35.095 791 Chionodes distinctella
35.096 790 Chionodes fumatella
35.097 800 Gelechia rhombella
35.098 801 Gelechia scotinella
35.099 801a Gelechia senticetella
35.100 802 Gelechia sabinellus
35.101 802a Gelechia sororculella
35.103 804 Gelechia cuneatella
35.105 806 Gelechia nigra
35.107 859 Psoricoptera gibbosella
35.109 822 Scrobipalpa acuminatella
35.115 815 Scrobipalpa nitentella
35.116 816 Scrobipalpa obsoletella
35.117 818 Scrobipalpa atriplicella
35.118 814 Scrobipalpa ocellatella
35.120 820 Scrobipalpa artemisiella
35.123 819 Scrobipalpa costella
35.126 825 Phthorimaea operculella
35.127 825a Tuta absoluta
35.129 828 Caryocolum viscariella
35.132 830 Caryocolum fraternella
35.133 832 Caryocolum blandella
35.135 831 Caryocolum proxima
35.137 834 Caryocolum tricolorella
35.138 833 Caryocolum junctella
35.140 836 Caryocolum kroesmanniella
35.141 765 Teleiodes vulgella
35.143 774 Teleiodes luculella
35.145 775 Neotelphusa sequax
35.146 776 Teleiopsis diffinis
35.147 767 Carpatolechia decorella
35.148 772 Carpatolechia fugitivella
35.149 771 Carpatolechia alburnella
35.150 768 Carpatolechia notatella
35.151 770 Carpatolechia proximella
35.152 764 Pseudotelphusa scalella
35.153 773 Pseudotelphusa paripunctella
35.154 763 Xenolechia aethiops
35.155 766 Altenia scriptella
35.156 757 Recurvaria nanella
35.157 758 Recurvaria leucatella
35.159 760 Exoteleia dodecella
35.160 755 Stenolechia gemmella
35.161 756 Parachronistis albiceps
   

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