(invertebrate zoology) A large family of minute to small moths in the lepidopteran superfamily Tineoidea, generally having forewings and trapezoidal hindwings.
Gelechiidae
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Meaning #1:
important economic pests
Synonym: family Gelechiidae
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| Chrysoesthia drurella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Gelechia rhombella |
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| Diversity | |
| 507 genera 4,530 species |
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The Gelechiidae, Gelechiid moths, are a family of Lepidoptera (moths).[1] 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. Douglas-fir is a host plant common to many species of the family.[2]
There are about 650 North American species in this family.
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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
- Aproaerema modicella- Groundnut leafminer
Beneficial Gelechiids
- Metzneria paucipunctella - Knapweed seed head moth, used to control Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Douglas-fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii, globalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Strõmberg)
- Charles A. Triplehorn and Norman F. Johnson. 2004. Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects 864 pages ISBN 0030968356
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External links
- Gelechiidae
- Gelechioidea Global Framework
- Family Gelichiidae
- tomato pinworm on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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