Amphisbatinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Oecophoridae
Subfamilia: Amphisbatinae
Tribus: Amphisbatini - Fuchsiini - Hypercalliini - Periacmini - Telechrysidini
References

Lvovsky, A.L. 2005. Periacmini, a New Tribe of the Microlepidopteran Subfamily Amphisbatinae (Lepidoptera, Amphisbatidae). Entomological review 85(1): 91–92. [Original Russian Text Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2005, 84(1): 164–166]. Reference page.
Lvovsky, A.L., 2009: Use of the characters of trophic specialization in the taxonomy of the broad-winged moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae, Chimabachidae, Amphisbatidae, Depressariidae). Entomological review 89 (3): 299–305. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873809030075

The Amphisbatinae was a small subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. The present lineage is often included in the Depressariinae as a tribe Amphisbatini, though more often within the context of a "splitting" approach to Gelechioidea systematics and taxonomy, wherein the Depressariinae are elevated to full family rank and the Amphisbatinae are treated as a subfamily therein. An even more extremely split-up layout even treats the Amphisbatinae as full family Amphisbatidae. In the scheme used here, the Amphisbatinae are included in the Oecophoridae as a subfamily alongside the Depressariinae.[1]

That nonwithstanding, the delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the Depressariinae and Oecophorinae is problematic, and several individual genera have been moved from one to the other. As regards subdivisions, the Amphisbatinae are commonly divided into the tribes Amphisbatini, Fuchsiini, Hypercalliini and Telechrysidini. But neither are these subdivisions as firmly delimited as it might seem, nor are they particularly diverse (several Amphisbatinae taxa are monotypic). Thus, the Amphisbatinae are here not divided into tribes pending the availability of more thorough phylogenetic studies and better information on the subfamily's scope and relationships.[1]

More recently, it was discovered that the enigmatic genus Lypusa, traditionally held to be a monotypic family of Tineoidea, is closely related to Amphisbatis and Pseudatemelia. The name for the combined group is to be determined.[2]
Selected genera

Genera of Amphisbatinae include:[verification needed][1]

Amphisbatis Zeller, 1870
Anchinia Hübner, 1825 (Oecophorinae?)
Eupragia Walsingham, 1911
Fuchsia Spuler, 1910
Hypercallia Stephens, 1829 (Oecophorinae?)
Paratemelia
Pseudatemelia
Telechrysis Toll, 1956 (Oecophorinae?)

Footnotes

Wikispecies (2008-SEP-06), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009)

Heikkilä, Maria (2009). "Reassessment of the enigmatic Lepidopteran family Lypusidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea; Gelechioidea)". Systematic Entomology. 35: 71–89. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00483.x. S2CID 84025464.

References

Data related to Amphisbatinae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.

Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Amphisbatinae. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-FEB-27.
Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Depressiinae [sic]. Version of 2009-AUG-20. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.