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Paratemelia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Division
  
Ditrysia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Oecophoridae (disputed)

Paratemelia is a genus of gelechioid moths. In the systematic layout used here, it is placed in the subfamily Amphisbatinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the close relatives Depressariinae and Oecophorinae is a major problem of Gelechioidea taxonomy and systematics, and some authors separate the former two as full-blown families, and/or include the Amphisbatinae in Depressariinae (or Depressariidae), or merge them in the Oecophorinae outright.

Selected species

  • Paratemelia meyi Lvovsky, 2007
  • Paratemelia namibiella Lvovsky, 2007
  • References

    Paratemelia Wikipedia