Autostichinae

Autostichinae
Autosticha gelechid moth (Autosticha pelodes)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Autostichidae
Subfamily:	Autostichinae Le Marchand, 1947
Type species
Automola pelodes Meyrick, 1883
Genera
Several, see text

The Autostichinae are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. The present lineage was often included in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), but alternatively it is united with the Symmocidae sensu stricto (and often also the Holcopogonidae and/or certain genera otherwise considered twirler moths, e.g. Deoclona and Syringopais) to form an expanded family Autostichidae (in the past also referred to as family Symmocidae).^[1]

Selected genera

Genera in this subfamily are:^[2]

Anaptilora Meyrick, 1904 Autosticha Meyrick, 1886 (including Epicoenia, Semnolocha) Demiophila Meyrick, 1906 Deroxena Meyrick, 1913 Diophila Meyrick, 1937 Encrasima Meyrick, 1916 Galagete B.Landry, 2002 Heliangara Meyrick, 1906 Ischnodoris Meyrick, 1911 Lasiodictis Meyrick, 1912 Nephantis Meyrick, 1905

Pachnistis Meyrick, 1907 Parallactis Meyrick, 1925 Procometis Meyrick, 1890 Protobathra Meyrick, 1916 Ptochoryctis Meyrick, 1894 Pudahuelia Urra, 2013 Sipsa Diakonoff, 1955 Stereosticha Meyrick, 1913 Stochastica Meyrick, 1938 Stoeberhinus – potato moth Trichloma Lower, 1902

Also placed here by some authors is Syndesmica, which is otherwise assigned to subfamily Dichomeridinae of the twirler moths (Gelechiidae). The same was true for Anaptilora, which is mostly included here.

Footnotes

1. ABRS (2008), FE (2008), Wikispecies (2011-OCT-17)
2. ABRS (2008), Wikispecies (2011-OCT-17)

References

Data related to Autostichinae at Wikispecies

• Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2008): Australian Faunal Directory – Autostichinae. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2011-OCT-17.
• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Autostichinae. Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-27. Retrieved 2011-OCT-17.

External links

Natural History Museum card index