Psoricoptera

Psoricoptera
Psoricoptera gibbosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Tribe:	Gelechiini
Genus:	Psoricoptera Stainton, 1854
Synonyms
Phoricoptera Stainton, 1854

Psoricoptera is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was erected by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

Species

• Psoricoptera arenicolor Omelko, 1999
• Psoricoptera gibbosella (Zeller, 1839)
• Psoricoptera kawabei Park & Karsholt, 1999
• Psoricoptera latignathosa Park & Karsholt, 1999
• Psoricoptera speciosella Teich, 1893

Former species

• Psoricoptera melanoptila Lower, 1897

References

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• Park, Kyu-Tek & Ole Karsholt, 1999: Revision of the genus Psoricoptera Stainton, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with the description of two new Asian species. Entomologica Fennica 10 (1): 35–49.