Gelechioidea - a Global Framework

Gelechioidea - a Global Framework
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This website provides an introduction to the families of Gelechioidea, a major
group of Lepidoptera. This site gives links to Gelechioidea families with diagnostic characters,
checklists, collection holdings, published references, and other information.
The superfamily Gelechioidea includes case-bearing moths and their relatives. Currently, at least 1,425 genera and 16,250 species are described, but it has been estimated that this is only approximately 25% of the species diversity (Hodges, 1998).
This website represents the combined efforts of Richard Brown (Mississippi State
University), Sibyl Bucheli (Ohio State University), SangMi Lee (Mississippi
State University), Steven Passoa
(USDA-APHIS), and John Wenzel (Ohio State University), and Joe MacGown (Mississippi State University).
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"This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DEB 416078. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."
Author-
Richard Brown
, Sibyl Bucheli, and
Sangmi Lee
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1 November 2012, last updated on 19 August 2015
For other questions or comments about this site contact Joe MacGown:
jmacgown@entomology.msstate.edu
All photographs and drawings copyrighted by the Mississippi Entomological Museum