Dichomeridinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
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 family Gelechiidae.

Distribution

Almost worldwide, except the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

Diversity

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

Taxonomy and systematics

• Dichomeridini Hampson, 1918
  • Acanthophila
  • Acompsia
  • Anasphaltis
  • Arotria Meyrick, 1904
  • Atasthalistis Meyrick, 1886
  • Besciva Busck, 1914
  • Brachmia
  • Cathegesis Walsingham, 1910
  • Dichomeris
  • Eunebristis Meyrick, 1923
  • Harpagidia Ragonot, 1895
  • Helcystogramma
  • Holaxyra Meyrick, 1913
  • Hylograptis Meyrick, 1910
  • Hyodectis
  • Myconita
  • Onebala Walker, 1864
  • Oxypteryx Rebel, 1911
  • Plocamosaris Meyrick, 1912
  • Rhadinophylla Turner, 1919
  • Sclerocopa Meyrick, 1937
  • Scodes
  • Streniastis
  • Symbolistis
  • Syndesmica (not Gelechiidae?)

Formerly placed here

• Anaptilora (now in Autostichidae)
• Capidentalia (= Bagdadia)

References

• M.G. 2006: Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae): Phylogeny, classification, and position in the system of gelechiid moths. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 85 (2): 375–384. [In Russian, English translation in Entomological review, 86 (4): 449–456. (2006)]
• Li, H.H. & Z.M. Zheng, 1998: A systematic study on the genus Dendrophilia Ponomarenko, 1993 from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 26 (102): 101–111.
• Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.
• Ponomarenko, M.G., 2008: Functional morphology of the male genitalia in Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) and its signifi cance for phylogenetic analysis. Nota Lepidopterologica 31 (2): 179–198. Full Article: [1].
• Ueda, T., 2012: Four new species of the tribe Chelariini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 63 (2): 79–86. Abstract and full article: [2].
• Ponomarenko, M.G. 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist 67: 1–17. Full article: [3].
• Ponomarenko, M.G. 2008: Functional morphology of the male genitalia in Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) and its signifi cance for phylogenetic analysis. Nota Lepidopterologica 31 (2): 179–198. Full Article: [4].

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dichomeridinae.

• Data related to Dichomeridinae at Wikispecies
• Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.