Stathmopodinae

Stathmopoda melanochra, copyright Donald Hobern.

Belongs within: Gelechioidea.

The Stathmopodinae are a group of usually very small moths that commonly rest with the hind wings raised (Nielsen & Common 1991).

Characters (from Nielsen & Common 1991): Usually very small; head smooth-scaled; wings very narrow; fore wing lacking pterostigma, R₂ well before upper angle of discal cell, female with subcubital retinaculum only; hind tibiae and tarsi usually bearing whorls of stiff bristles.

<==Stathmopodinae [Stathmopodidae, Tinaegeriidae] NC91
    |--Snellenia lineata NC91
    |--Pseudaegeria phlogina NC91
    |--Coracistis erythrocosma NC91
    |--Hieromantis NC91
    |--Calicotis NC91
    |--Vanacela C70
    `--Stathmopoda NC91
         |--S. arachnophthora NC91
         |--S. callichrysa NC91
         |--S. cephalaea NC91
         |--S. chalcotypa NC91
         |--S. coracodes P27
         |--S. crocophanes NC91
         |--S. melanochra NC91
         |--S. phlegyra L27
         `--S. skelloni L27

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[C70] Common, I. F. B. 1970. Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 765–866. Melbourne University Press.

[L27] Lindsay, S. 1927. A list of the Lepidoptera of Deans Bush, Riccarton, Canterbury. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 693–696.

[NC91] Nielsen, E. S., & I. F. B. Common. 1991. Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 817–915. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[P27] Philpott, A. 1927. The maxillae in the Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 721–746.