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Gelechiidae (disused)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Gelechiidae

Taxonomy
Gelechiidae was named by Stainton (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lepidoptera by Kuznetsov (1941); and to Gelechioidea by Sohn et al. (2012), Heikkilä et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Gelechiidae Stainton
1941Gelechiidae Kuznetsov
2012Gelechiidae Sohn et al. p. 50
2013Gelechiidae Heikkilä et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
superfamilyGelechioideaStainton 1854
familyGelechiidaeStainton 1854
familyGelechiidaeStainton 1854

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Gelechiidae Stainton 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Gelechiidae indet. 1, Gelechiidae indet. 2 (124849)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Gelechiidae indet. (120813)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico Gelechiidae indet. (21977)