Aeolanthes

Aeolanthes
Aeolanthes brochias
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Subfamily: AeolanthinaeKuznetzov & Stekolnikov, 1984
Genus: AeolanthesMeyrick, 1907

Aeolanthes is a genus of small moths in the superfamilyGelechioidea.

Its relationships are enigmatic – many authors separate it in a monotypicsubfamilyAeolanthinae, but there is disagreement over whether to place them in the Elachistidae, Lecithoceridae or Oecophoridae. Recent studies place it in the Depressariidae.

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