Psorosticha
| Psorosticha | |
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| Psorosticha zizyphi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Family: | Oecophoridae (disputed) |
| Subfamily: | Depressariinae (disputed) |
| Genus: | Psorosticha Lower, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| "Psorosticha acrolopha" Lower | |
| Synonyms | |
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Syllochitis Meyrick, 1910 | |
Psorosticha is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is included in the subfamily Depressariinae, which is often – particularly in older treatments – considered a distinct family Depressariidae or included in the Elachistidae, but actually seems to belong in the Oecophoridae.
Species
- Psorosticha melanocrepida Clarke, 1962 (Japan)
- Psorosticha neglecta Diakonoff, [1968] (Philippines)
- Psorosticha zizyphi (Stainton, 1859) (Australasia, Oriental, China)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Psorosticha. |
- Markku Savela's Lepidoptera site
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (12.Aug.2014)
- Lower, 1901. Descriptions of New Genera and Specis of Australian Lepidoptera. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 25 : 91.