Ateliotum Explained

Ateliotum is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. It belongs to the subfamily Myrmecozelinae.^[1]

Species

Ateliotum presently contains the following 13 species:^[2]

• Ateliotum arabicum Petersen, 1961
• Ateliotum arenbergeri Petersen & Gaedike, 1985
• Ateliotum confusum Petersen, 1966
• Ateliotum convicta (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ateliotum crymodes (Meyrick, 1908)
• Ateliotum hungaricellum Zeller, 1839 (= A. cypellias, A. obliterata)
• Ateliotum insularis (Rebel, 1896) (= A. horrealis, A. instratella, A. insulare)
• Ateliotum lusitaniella (Amsel, 1955)
• Ateliotum parvum Petersen, 1988
• Ateliotum petrinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) (= A. turatiella)
  • Ateliotum petrinella orientale Petersen, 1973
• Ateliotum reluctans (Meyrick, 1921)
• Ateliotum resurgens (Gozmány, 1969)
• Ateliotum syriaca (Caradja, 1920) (= A. taurensis)

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of Ateliotum are:

• Craterombris Meyrick, 1921
• Dysmasia Herrich-Schaffer 1853
• Hylophygas Meyrick, 1932
• Hyoprora Meyrick, 1908
• Metarsiora Meyrick, 1937
• Saridocompsa Meyrick 1937

References

• (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species  - Ateliotum. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-07.
• [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-07.

Notes and References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)
2. Robinson [2010]