Dactylethrella

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: Gelechiidae
Subfamilia: Dichomeridinae
Tribus: Chelariini
Genus: Dactylethrella
Species: D. albidella – D. bryophilella – D. candida – D. catarina – D. chionitis – D. globulata – D. incondita – D. leuconota – D. plagiferella – D. siccifolii – D. tegulifera – D. tetrametra – D. tetroctas
Name

Dactylethrella T.B. Fletcher, 1940
Synonyms

Dactylethra Meyrick, 1906 (junior homonym of Dactylethra Cuvier, 1829).
Dactylethrella T.B. Fletcher, 1940 (Replacement name for Dactylethra Meyrick 1906)

References

Clarke, J.F.G. 1969a: Catalogue of the types specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Volume VII: 1–531. full article. Reference page.
Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.

Dactylethrella is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940 and is a replacement name for Dactylethra Meyrick (preoccupied).
Species

The species of this genus are:[1][2]

Dactylethrella bryophilella (Walsingham, 1891) (from Gambia)
Dactylethrella candida (Stainton, 1859) (from Sri Lanka)
Dactylethrella catarina Pnomarenko (from China)
Dactylethrella chionitis (Meyrick, 1910) (from South Africa)
Dactylethrella globulata (Meyrick, 1910) (from Sri Lanka)
Dactylethrella incondita (Meyrick, 1913) (from Sri Lanka)
Dactylethrella leuconota Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 (from Namibia)
Dactylethrella siccifolii (Walsingham, 1881) (from South Africa)
Dactylethrella shenae Li & Zheng, 1998 (from China)
Dactylethrella tegulifera (Meyrick) (from China)
Dactylethrella tetrametra (Meyrick, 1913) (from South Africa)

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Dactylethrella Fletcher T. B., 1940". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
Savela, Markku. "Dactylethrella Fletcher, 1940". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 21, 2018.