Dactylethrella Explained

Dactylethrella is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940 and is a replacement name for Dactylethra Meyrick (preoccupied).

Species

The species of this genus are:^{[1] [2]}

• Dactylethrella bryophilella (Walsingham, 1891) (from Gambia)
• Dactylethrella candida (Stainton, 1859) (from Sri Lanka)
• Dactylethrella catarina Pnomarenko (from China)
• Dactylethrella chionitis (Meyrick, 1910) (from South Africa)
• Dactylethrella globulata (Meyrick, 1910) (from Sri Lanka)
• Dactylethrella incondita (Meyrick, 1913) (from Sri Lanka)
• Dactylethrella leuconota Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 (from Namibia)
• Dactylethrella siccifolii (Walsingham, 1881) (from South Africa)
• Dactylethrella shenae Li & Zheng, 1998 (from China)
• Dactylethrella tegulifera (Meyrick) (from China)
• Dactylethrella tetrametra (Meyrick, 1913) (from South Africa)

External links

• • https://europepmc.org/article/cba/312668

Notes and References

1. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2017 . Dactylethrella Fletcher T. B., 1940 . Afromoths . March 21, 2018.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Dactylethrella Fletcher, 1940 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . March 21, 2018.