| Trachycentra | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Hapsiferinae |
| Genus: | Trachycentra Meyrick, 1886 |
| Type species | |
| Trachycentra calamias Meyrick, 1886 | |
| Species | |
11, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
HarpeptilaA.N.Diakonoff, 1968 | |
Trachycentra is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Hapsiferinae. [1]
A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
Family is one of the eight major hierarcical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".
In biological classification, a subfamily is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoological names with "-inae".
With eleven known species, this is one of the smaller genera of fungus moths: [1]
In biology, a species ( ) is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. While these definitions may seem adequate, when looked at more closely they represent problematic species concepts. For example, the boundaries between closely related species become unclear with hybridisation, in a species complex of hundreds of similar microspecies, and in a ring species. Also, among organisms that reproduce only asexually, the concept of a reproductive species breaks down, and each clone is potentially a microspecies.
- Trachycentra amphiloxa Meyrick, 1907
- Trachycentra calamias Meyrick, 1886
- Trachycentra chlorogramma Meyrick, 1907 (= T. aulacitis)
- Trachycentra cicatricosa Meyrick, 1922
- Trachycentra corethrodes (A.N.Diakonoff, 1968)
- Trachycentra elaeotropha Meyrick, 1933
- Trachycentra glaucias Meyrick, 1907
- Trachycentra prasina (A.N.Diakonoff, 1968)
- Trachycentra psorodes Meyrick, 1907
- Trachycentra rhynchitis Meyrick, 1938
- Trachycentra sagmatias Meyrick, 1907
Trachycentra calamias is a moth of the family Tineidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia and Tonga.
Trachycentra chlorogramma is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found on the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Tonga.
