Aeolanthes
| Aeolanthes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Family: | see text |
| Genus: | Aeolanthes Meyrick, 1907 |
Aeolanthes is a genus of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
Its relationships are enigmatic – many authors separate it in a monotypic subfamily Aeolanthinae, but there is disagreement over whether to place them in the Elachistidae, Lecithoceridae or Oecophoridae.
Species include:
- Aeolanthes brochias Meyrick, 1938
- Aeolanthes clinacta
- Aeolanthes conductella
- Aeolanthes erebomicta
- Aeolanthes erythrantis Meyrick, 1935
- Aeolanthes semiostrina