Oecophora

Oecophora
Adult Oecophora bractella in Hellerup, Denmark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Tribe: Oecophorini
Genus: Oecophora
Latreille, 1796
Type species
Tinea sulphurella
Fabricius, 1777
(non Fabricius, 1775: preoccupied)

Oecophora is a genus of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. It is the type genus of its subfamily and family. Thus, regardless of the uncertain phylogeny, systematics and taxonomy of its superfamily Gelechioidea, it and its closest relatives always have to be assigned to this family and subfamily as long as these are deemed valid.[1]

  1. ^ See references in Savela (2001)