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Dichomeris is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
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Ethmia is a large genus of small moths. It is the type genus of the gelechioid family Ethmiidae, which is sometimes included in Elachistidae or Oecophoridae as subfamily.
Pelochrista is a Holarctic genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
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