Biology:Xenolechia
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Xenolechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1][2][3] The genus is distributed in Eurasia and North America.[3] Host plants are known from families Ericaceae, Fagaceae, and Rhamnaceae.[3]
Species
There are eleven recognized species:[1][2]
- Xenolechia aethiops (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
- Xenolechia basistrigella (Zeller, 1873)
- Xenolechia ceanothiae Priest, 2014
- Xenolechia ceanothiella (Braun, 1921)
- Xenolechia lindae Huemer & Karsholt, 1999
- Xenolechia ontariensis Keifer, 1933
- Xenolechia pseudovulgella Huemer & Karsholt, 1999
- Xenolechia querciphaga Keifer, 1933
- Xenolechia staspa Opler, 1974
- Xenolechia taphiopis (Meyrick, 1929)
- Xenolechia velatella Busck, 1907
X. taphiopis may also be included in Recurvaria as Recurvaria taphiopis.
References
- โ 1.0 1.1 "Xenolechia Meyrick, 1895". Catalogue of World Gelechiidae 1.1.25.123. 3 May 2025. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2362/taxon/11110.
- โ 2.0 2.1 Savela, Markku. "Xenolechia Meyrick, 1895". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/xenolechia/#Xenolechia.
- โ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lee, Sangmi; Brown, Richard L. (2008). "Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa 1818 (1): 1โ55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1818.1.1.
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