Oecophorinae

Oecophorinae
Adult Philobota arabella or a related species,
Aranda, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Bruand, 1851
Genera

Numerous, see text

Synonyms
  • Enicostominae Heslop, 1938
  • Poeciloptina Herrich-Schäffer, 1857
  • Ashinagidae Matsumura, 1929
  • Aecophoridae Bruand, [1851]
  • Dasyceridae Meyrick, 1883
  • Philobotides Meyrick, 1906
  • Eulechriades Meyrick, 1906
  • Metachandidae Meyrick, 1911
  • Herrichiinae Toll, 1964

The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). They are part of the insufficiently studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and like their relatives, the circumscription of this taxon is disputed.[1]

  1. ^ ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Wikispecies (2010-APR-25), and see references in Savela (2009)