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Dichomeridinae

Dichomeridinae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Dichomeridinae
Hampson, 1918
Synonyms
  • Dichomeridae Hampson, 1918
  • Dichomerisinae Heslop, 1938 (misspelling)
  • Dichomerinae Le Marchand, 1947
  • Brachmiinae Heslop, 1938

Dichomeridinae is a subfamily of moths in the Gelechiidae family.

Almost worldwide, except the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

The subfamily formerly included three tribes, about 29 genera and about 900 species. However, a 2013 study moved the Chelariini to the Anacampsinae subfamily.



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