Dactylethrella | |
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Dactylethrella bryophilella | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Anacampsinae |
Genus: | Dactylethrella T. B. Fletcher, 1940 |
Synonyms | |
DactylethraMeyrick, 1906 nec. DactylethraCuvier, 1829 Contents |
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).
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).
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)).