Holcopogon
Encyclopedia
Holcopogon is a genus
of gelechioid moths. It is the type genus
of the family
Holcopogonidae
, which is sometimes united with the concealer moth subfamily Autostichinae
to a family Autostichidae. In that case, the Holcopogonidae are downranked to subfamily Holcopogoninae.
The type species
was designated as H. helveolellus, but this turned out to be a junior synonym of H. bubulcellus. Some authors have thus erroneously assumed the latter taxon
to be the genus' type. Cyrnia is sometimes listed as a distinct genus, but its type species (Cyrnia barbata) is generally assumed to be another junior synonym of H. bubulcellus. Thus, Cyrnia is a junior subjective synonym of Holcopogon.
Species
of Holcopogon include:
Genus
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of gelechioid moths. It is the type genus
Type genus
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of the family
Family (biology)
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Holcopogonidae
Holcopogonidae
| regnum = Animalia| phylum = Arthropoda| classis = Insecta| ordo = Lepidoptera| subordo = Glossata| infraordo = Heteroneura| zoodivisio = Ditrysia| superfamilia = Gelechioidea| familia = Holcopogonidae | familia_authority = Gozmany, 1967...
, which is sometimes united with the concealer moth subfamily Autostichinae
Autostichinae
The Autostichinae are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved...
to a family Autostichidae. In that case, the Holcopogonidae are downranked to subfamily Holcopogoninae.
The type species
Type species
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was designated as H. helveolellus, but this turned out to be a junior synonym of H. bubulcellus. Some authors have thus erroneously assumed the latter taxon
Taxon
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to be the genus' type. Cyrnia is sometimes listed as a distinct genus, but its type species (Cyrnia barbata) is generally assumed to be another junior synonym of H. bubulcellus. Thus, Cyrnia is a junior subjective synonym of Holcopogon.
Species
Species
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of Holcopogon include:
- Holcopogon bubulcellus (Staudinger, 1859)
- Holcopogon glaserorum Gozmany, 1985