Psychidae

Cock, Matthew J. W., 2017, A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2017 (585), pp. 1-58 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5169300

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD6AA26F-0681-49CC-8728-21B768413167

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Psychidae
status

 

Family Psychidae View in CoL

Arrhenophanidae (Arrhenophanes) was a separate family in Tineoidea ( Davis 2003) View in CoL , but is now considered to be a subfamily of Psychidae View in CoL (Mutanen et al. 2010, Nieukerken et al. 2011). Nomenclature follows Davis (1975) for Psychinae (Oiketicus) View in CoL and Davis (2003) for Arrhenophaninae View in CoL .

Arrhenophanes perspicilla (Stoll, 1790)

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM.2015.15.121]

Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding, 1827

Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding : Davis (1975)

Early stages identified from Davis (1975).

Charlotteville: larval/pupal case 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 2) ; Tobago: 2♂ [ NHMUK] ( Davis 1975) .

Davis, D. R. 1975. A review of the West Indian moths of the family Psychidae with descriptions of new taxa and immature stages. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 188: 66 p.

Davis, D. R. 2003. A monograph of the family Arrhenophanidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 620: 1 - 80.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Psychidae