Acompsia Explained

Acompsia is a genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Though it has once been assigned to the proposed subfamily "Anacampsinae" (here included in Gelechiinae), it is generally placed in the Dichomeridinae. Some authors include Telephila here as a subgenus, while others prefer to keep it distinct as its relationships are fairly obscure.^[1]

Species

Species of Acompsia are:^{[2] [3]}

• Subgenus Acompsia Hübner, 1825
  • Acompsia antirrhinella (Millière, 1866)
  • Acompsia bidzilyai Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
  • Acompsia caucasella Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
  • Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759)
  • Acompsia delmastroella Huemer, 1998
  • Acompsia dimorpha Petry, 1904
  • Acompsia fibigeri Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
  • Acompsia maculosella (Stainton, 1851)
  • Acompsia minorella (Rebel, 1899)
  • Acompsia muellerrutzi Wehrli, 1925
  • Acompsia ponomarenkoae Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
  • Acompsia pyrenaella Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
  • Acompsia schepleri Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
  • Acompsia schmidtiellus (Heyden, 1848)
  • Acompsia subpunctella Svensson, 1966
  • Acompsia syriella Huemer & Karsholt, 2002
  • Acompsia tripunctella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Subgenus Telephila Meyrick, 1923
• Unknown status
  • Acompsia tenebrosella

Former species

• Acompsia angulifera (Walsingham, 1897) (now in Cathegesis)
• Acompsia jordanella (Rebel, 1911) (now in Oxypteryx)
• Acompsia psoricopterella (Walsingham, 1892) (now in Cathegesis)
• Acompsia vinitincta (Walsingham, 1910) (now in Cathegesis)

Synonyms

Invalid scientific names (junior synonyms and others) of Brachmia are:^[4]

• Acampsia (lapsus)
• Accompsia Bruand, 1850 (unjustified emendation)
• Brachicrossata (lapsus)
• Brachycrossata Heinemann, 1870

References

• (2008): Australian Faunal Directory  - Telephila. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• (2009): Acompsia (Acompsia) [''[[sic]]]. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species  - Acompsia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms  - Acompsia. Version of 2001-NOV-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• , 1998: A new endemic species of Acompsia from the Alps (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 30 (2): 515-521. Full article: http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/LBB_0030_2_0515-0521.pdf

Notes and References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
2. FE (2009), Wikispecies (2010-APR-30), and see references in Savela (2001)
3. 2002 . A review of the genus Acompsia Huebner, 1825, with description of new species (Gelechiidae) . Nota Lepidopterologica . 25 . 109–151 .
4. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)