Gelechiidae

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iGelechiidae
Chrysoesthia drurella
Chrysoesthia drurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Gelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Diversity
507 genera
4,530 species
Type Species
Gelechia rhombella
Genera
include

Chionodes
Phthorimaea
Sitotroga
Tuta
 many others

The Gelechiidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths). These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls.

[edit] Harmful Gelechiids

  • Anacampsis sarcitella, pack moth
  • Anarsia lineatella, peach twig borer
  • Pectinophora gossypiella, - pink bollworm, larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
  • Phthorimaea operculella, - potato tuber moth
  • Sitotroga cerealella, - Angoumois grain moth
  • Tuta absoluta, - tomato leafminer

[edit] Beneficial Gelechiids

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