Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Gelechioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Xyloryctidae
Subfamilia: Scythridinae
Genus: Mendesia
Species: M. huemeri – M. metaxea – M. secutrix – M. serica

Name

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Mendesia Joannis, 1902

Type species: Mendesia echiella Joannis, 1902

Synonyms

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  • Triboloneura Walsingham, 1908. TS: Elachista sepulchella Stainton, 1872

References

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  • Kaila, Lauri, 1995: A revision of the North American Perittia (= Onceroptila), with first nearctic records of the genus Mendesia (Elachistidae). Jounal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49 (3): 208–222. Full article: [1]
  • Sruoga, Virginijus & Jurate de Prins, 2009, The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 2172: 1–31
  • Traugott-Olsen, E., 1990: Descriptions of four new species of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) and diagnoses of Elachista pollutella Duponchel, 1843 and Elachista constitella Frey, 1859.
  • Traugott-Olsen, E., 1995: Phylogeny of the subfamily Elachistinae s. str. Part I: Mendesiini, with some taxonomic revision and descriptions of new taxa (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 23 (90): 153–180.