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Ephysteris is a genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Among these, it is assigned to tribe Gnorimoschemini of the subfamily Gelechiinae. Even though it is a rather diverse and widespread group, most of these small and inconspicuous moths were overlooked by scientists until the early 20th century. Almost 90 species are known today but new ones are still being discovered.
These moths typically have forewing veins 2 and 3 separate but veins 6-8 originating from a common stalk. Somewhat less characteristically, their labial palps have a pointed tip and a furrow on the second segment.Clarke (1986)
Ochrodia and Opacopsis were initially established as subgenera of Ephysteris but elevated to full genus status later. However, this is not universally accepted and both are included in the present genus here. Microcraspedus is another subgenus of Ephysteris, to which many of the European species are assigned; Echinoglossa is another. But before any of these can be accepted as subgenus or even distinct genus, the internal systematics of Ephysteris sensu lato are in need of review.Pitkin & Jenkins (2004a), FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2001)
Species The species of Ephysteris are:Wikispecies (2010-JUN-16), FE (2011) Subgenus Ephysteris Ephysteris promptella (Staudinger, 1859) Subgenus Microcraspedus Janse, 1958 Ephysteris deserticolella (Staudinger, 1871) Ephysteris diminutella (Zeller, 1847) Ephysteris iberica Povolny, 1977 Ephysteris insulella (Heinemann, 1870) Ephysteris insulella praticolella (Christoph 1872) Ephysteris inustella (Zeller, 1847) (type species of Opacopsis)Some sources give the type species as Gelechia artemisie, but the type specimen was actually of "var. inustella": Pitkin & Jenkins (2004b). Ephysteris inustella gredosensis (Rebel 1935) Ephysteris olympica Povolny, 1968 Unknown subgenus Ephysteris accentella Povolný, 1968 Ephysteris aellographa Janse, 1960 Ephysteris arabiae Povolný, 1968 Ephysteris aulacopis (Meyrick, 1923) Ephysteris brachypogon Meyrick, 1937 (type species of Microcraspedus) Ephysteris brachyptera Karsholt & Sattler, 1998 Ephysteris chretieni Povolný, 1968 Ephysteris confusa Povolný, 1968 Ephysteris curtipennis (Zerny, 1935) Ephysteris cyrenaica Povolný, 1981 Ephysteris eremaula (Janse, 1960) Ephysteris flavida Povolný, 1969 Ephysteris fontosus (Povolný, 1999) Ephysteris fuscocrossa Janse, 1960 Ephysteris gobabebensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 Ephysteris gondwana Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 Ephysteris infirma (Meyrick, 1912) Ephysteris juvenilis (Meyrick, 1929) Ephysteris kasyi Povolný, 1968 Ephysteris leptocentra (Meyrick, 1912) Ephysteris longicornis J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Ephysteris montana H.H.Li & Bidzilya, 2008 Ephysteris neosirota (Janse, 1950) Ephysteris ornata (Janse, 1950) Ephysteris parasynecta Janse, 1963 Ephysteris powelli (Povolný, 1999) Ephysteris riadensis Povolný, 1968 Ephysteris ruth Povolný, 1977 Ephysteris scimitarella Landry, 2010 Ephysteris semiophanes (Meyrick, 1918) Ephysteris silignitis (Turner, 1919) Ephysteris sirota (Meyrick, 1908) Ephysteris speciosa Povolný, 1977 Ephysteris sporobolella Landry, 2010 Ephysteris suasoria (Meyrick, 1918) Ephysteris subcaerulea (Meyrick, 1918) Ephysteris subovata Povolný, 2001 Ephysteris surda (Meyrick, 1923) Ephysteris synecta (Meyrick, 1909) Ephysteris tenuisaccus K.Nupponen, 2010 Ephysteris trinota Clarke, 1965 (type species of Echinoglossa) Ephysteris unica Povolný, 1971 Ephysteris wenquana H.H.Li & Bidzilya, 2008
Mostly placed in Ochrodia Ephysteris pentamacula Janse, 1958 Ephysteris subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867) (type species of Ochrodia)
Former species Ephysteris albocapitella Ephysteris atalopis Ephysteris australiae Ephysteris bucolica Ephysteris buvati (Povolny, 1992) Ephysteris cacomicra Ephysteris chersaea Ephysteris coniogramma Ephysteris cretigena Ephysteris crocoleuca Ephysteris delminiliella Ephysteris despectella Ephysteris dierli Ephysteris dispensata Ephysteris ericnista Ephysteris extorris Ephysteris fanatica Ephysteris ferritincta Ephysteris fluidescens Ephysteris foulonsensis Povolny, 1981 Ephysteris gallica (Povolny, 1992) Ephysteris hispanica Povolny, 1981 Ephysteris infallax Ephysteris insularis Ephysteris jamaicensis Ephysteris lunaki Ephysteris monticola Ephysteris obstans (Meyrick, 1928) Ephysteris ochrodeta Ephysteris oschophora Ephysteris oxythectis Ephysteris paraleuca Ephysteris parvula Ephysteris petiginella Ephysteris pulverea Ephysteris sibila Ephysteris tractatum Ephysteris treskensis Povolny, 1966 Ephysteris tribulivora Ephysteris turgida Ephysteris unitella Ephysteris xanthorhabda Ephysteris zygophyllella
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References
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