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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library
Gelechiidae
5907881875Xenolechia aethiops (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
  • Xenolechia aethiops (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845), n. comb. (Lee & Brown 2008), was formerly in the genus Recurvaria. See notes for Xenolechia quinquecristatella (Chambers, 1878) in past synonomies.
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AFK8088 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
  • Busck, A., 1903. A Revision of the American Moths of the Family Gelechiidae, with Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 25(1304): 785.
  • Humphreys, H.N. & J.O. Westwood, 1845. British Moths and their Transformations, 2: 192.
  • Lee, S. & R.L. Brown, 2008. Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 1818: 1-55. (PDF or read online)
  • Lee, S., R.W. Hodges, & R.L. Brown, 2009. Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39.
  • Meyrick, E., 1925. Lepidoptera Heterocera - Fam. Gelechiadae. Genera Insectorum, 184: 69.
  • Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). (PDF (no fee) or order book)
  • Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
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