The Elachistidae are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and completely unnatural assemblage, united merely by symplesiomorphies retained from the first gelechioid moths.
Gelechioidea is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large and poorly understood '"micromoth" superfamily, constituting one of the basal lineages of the Ditrysia.
Metachanda is the sole genus in tribe Metachandini of moth subfamily Oecophorinae. Metachandini was originally described as family Metachandidae by Edward Meyrick in 1911, and at the time also contained the genus Chanystis, which is currently unplaced to tribe within Oecophorinae. It has also previously been described as tribe Metachandini of subfamily Gelechiinae.
Pterolonchidae is a small family of very small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. There are species native to every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
Thaumaturgis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its single species, Thaumaturgis craterocrossa, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1934.
Hapsiferona is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Ceratobia is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Tineinae.
Acanthocheira is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae, in which it is not assigned to a subfamily. The genus was established in 1968 by László Gozmány.
Coccothera is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
Coniostola is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
Cosmorrhyncha is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
Leguminivora is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.
Elachista chelonitis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa, Kenya and Malawi.
Syntozyga ephippias is a tortrix moth, belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found Sri Lanka, India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Rodrigues.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
Pachnistis is a genus of moths in the family Autostichidae.
Apostibes is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae.
Urodeta acinacella is a moth of the family Elachistidae first described by Jurate De Prins and Virginijus Sruoga in 2012. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Tswaing Crater Reserve in Gauteng.
The Hieroxestinae are a subfamily of moths of the family Tineidae.
