Pityocona

Pityocona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Tribe: Incertae sedis
Genus: Pityocona
Meyrick, 1918
Type species
Pityocona xeropis
Meyrick, 1918
Species

See text

Synonyms

Pitycona (lapsus)[1]

Pityocona is a small and little-known genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Among these, it is believed to belong to subfamily Gelechiinae, but beyond that its relationships are still obscure.

They are small inconspicuous moths with pointed wings. In the forewing, the second vein is weakly developed but not joined to the third. Their labial palps have a pointed tip and the second segment is unornamented.[2]

The genus contains five species, one of which was described only in 2006:[3]

Footnotes

  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)
  2. Clarke (1986)
  3. Wikispecies (2008-NOV-15)

References

Data related to Pityocona at Wikispecies


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