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Revised Checklist of Elachistidae in America north of Mexico

Sangmi Lee & Richard L. Brown

Updated date: 10 Feburary 2009

AGONOXENINAE

Blastodacna Wocke, 1876
    atra Haworth, 1828
    bicristatella (Chambers, 1875) (Gelechia)
        placendiella (Busck, 1908) (Batrachedra)
        sublustris (Meyrick, 1922) (Colonophora)
    curvilineella (Chambers, 1872) (Gelechia)

Chrysoclista Stainton, 1854
    cambiella (Busck, 1915) (Psacaphora)
    linneella (Clerck, 1759)
    villella Busck, 1904


DEPRESSARIINAE

Agonopterix Hübner, 1825
        Epeleustia Hübner, 1825
        Pinaris Hübner, 1825
        Tichonia Hübner, 1825
        Haemylis Tr., 1832
        Haemilis Duponchel, 1838, missp.
        Agonopteryx auth., missp.
        Syllochitis Meyrick, 1910
        Ctenioxena Meyrick, 1923
    alstroemeriana (Clerck, 1759) (Phalena)
        monilella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Tinea)
        puella (Hübner, 1796)
    amissella (Busck, 1908) (Depressaria)
    amyrisella (Busck, 1900)
        amyridella (Meyrick, 1922), emend.
    antennariella Clarke, 1941
        victori de Lesse & Viette, 1949
    argillacea (Walsingham, 1881)
        blacella Barnes & Busck, 1920
    arnicella (Walsingham, 1881)
    atrodorsella (Clemens, 1863)
    cajonensis Clarke, 1941
    canadensis (Busck, 1902)
        pallidella (Busck, 1904) (Depressaria)
        terinella Barnes & Busck, 1920
        sciadopa (Meyrick, 1920)
        serrae Clarke, 1933
    chrautis Hodges, 1974
    ciliella (Stainton, 1849)
        annexella (Zeller, 1868)
    clarkei Keifer, 1936
    clemensella (Chambers, 1876)
    costimacula Clarke, 1941
    cratia Hodges, 1974
    curvilineella (Beutenmüller, 1889)
    dammersi Clarke, 1947
    dimorphella Clarke, 1941
    eupatoriiella (Chambers, 1878)
        plummerella Busck, 1908
    flavicomella (Engel, 1907)
    fusciterminella Clarke, 1941
    gelidella (Busck, 1908) (Depressaria)
    hesphoea Hodges, 1975
    hyperella Ely, 1910
        testifica (Meyrick, 1920), repl. name
    latipalpella Barnes & Busck, 1920
    lecontella (Clemens, 1860)
    lythrella (Walsingham, 1889)
        arcuella Clarke, 1941
    muricolorella (Busck, 1902)
    nebulosa (Zeller, 1873)
    nervosa (Haworth, 1811)
        costosa (Haworth, 1811)
        depunctella (Hübner, 1810-1813)
        boicella (Freyer, 1835)
        dryadoxena (Meyrick, 1920)
        blackmori Busck, 1922
        venosata (Kautz, 1930)
    nigrinotella (Busck, 1908) (Depressaria)
    nubiferella (Walsingham, 1881)
    oregonensis Clarke, 1941
    paulae Harrison, 2005
    pergandeella (Busck, 1908) (Depressaria)
    posticella (Walsingham, 1881)
    psoraliella (Walsingham, 1881)
        murmurans (Meyrick, 1927)
    pteleae Barnes & Busck, 1920
    pulvipennella (Clemens, 1864)
        solidaginis (Walsingham, 1889)
    robiniella (Packard, 1869)
        hilarella (Zeller, 1873)
    rosaciliella (Busck, 1904) (Agonopteryx)
        rosiciliella (Meyrick, 1922), emend.
        echinopanicis Clarke, 1941
    sabulella (Walsingham, 1881)
        callosella Barnes & Busck, 1920
    sanguinella (Busck, 1902)
    senicionella (Busck, 1902)
        seniciella (Busck, 1902), missp.
    thelmae Clarke, 1941
    toega Hodges, 1974
    walsinghamella (Busck, 1902) (Depressaria)
        fernaldella (Walsingham, 1889), preocc. by Chambers, 1878

Apachea Clarke, 1941
    barberella (Busck, 1902) (Depressaria)

Bibarrambla Clarke, 1941
    allenella (Walsingham, 1882)

Depressaria Haworth, 1811
        Volucrum Berthold, 1827
        Siganorosis Wallengren, 1881
        Schistodepressaria Spuler, 1910
    alienella Busck, 1904
        nymphidia Meyrick, 1918
        corystopa Meyrick, 1927
    angelicivora Clarke, 1952
    angustati Clarke, 1941
    armata Clarke, 1952
    artemisiae Nickeri, 1864
        dracunculi Clarke, 1933
    artemisiella McDunnough, 1927
    atrostrigella Clarke, 1941
    besma Clarke, 1947
    betina Clarke, 1947
    cinereocostella Clemens, 1864
        clausella Walker, 1864
    constancei Clarke, 1947
    daucella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
        rubricella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
        apiella (Hübner, 1796)
        nervosa; auth., not Haworth, 1811
    eleanorae Clarke, 1941
    juliella Busck, 1908
    leptotaeniae Clarke, 1933
    moya Clarke, 1947
    multifidae Clarke, 1933
    palousella Clarke, 1941
    pastinacella (Duponchel, 1838)
        heraclei Haworth, 1811, emend.
        ontariella Bethune, 1870
        heracliana; auth., not Linnaeus, 1758
    pteryxiphaga Clarke, 1952
    schellbachi Clarke, 1947
    togata Walsingham, 1889
        thustra Clarke, 1947
    whitmani Clarke, 1941
    yakimae Clarke, 1941

Depressariodes Turati, 1925
        Martyrhilda Clarke, 1941
    canella (Busck, 1904) (Exaeretia)
        cogitata (Braun, 1926) (Exaeretia)
    ciniflonella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) (Exaeretia)
        klamathianus (Walsingham, 1881)
        kusnezovi (Krulikowsky, 1908) (Exaeretia)
        smolandiae (Palm, 1943) (Depressaria)
        isa (Clarke, 1947) (Martyrhilda)
    fulva (Walsingham, 1882)
        endryopa (Meyrick, 1918) (Exaeretia)
    gracilis (Walsingham, 1889)
    hildaella (Clarke, 1941) (Martyrhilda)
    nechlys (Hodges, 1974) (Exaeretia)
    nivalis (Braun, 1921)
        jacobi (McDunnough, 1944) (Martyrhilda)
    scabella (Zeller, 1873) (Epeleustia)
        scabrella (Walsingham, 1881), missp.
    sordidella (Clarke, 1941) (Martyrhilda)
    thoracefasciella (Chambers, 1875) (Gelechia)
        thoracifasciella (Meyrick, 1922), emend.
        sphaeralceae (Clarke, 1941) (Martyrhilda)
    thoracenigraeella (Chambers, 1875) (Gelechia)
        novi-mundi (Walsingham, 1881)
        thoracinigrella (Meyrick, 1922)
    umbraticostella (Walsingham, 1881)

Himmacia Clarke, 1941
    diligenda (Meyrick, 1928)
    huachucella (Busck, 1908) (Cryptolechia)
    stratia Hodges, 1974

Nites Hodges, 1974
    atrocapitella (McDunnough, 1944) (Depressaria)
    betulella (Busck, 1902) (Depressaria)
    grotella (Robinson, 1869)
        symmochlota (Meyrick, 1918) (Depressaria)
    maculatella (Busck, 1908)
    ostryella (McDunnough, 1943) (Depressaria)

Semioscopis Hübner, 1825
        Epigraphia Stephens, 1829
    aurorella Dyar, 1902
    inornata Walsingham, 1882
        inornatella Busck, 1908, missp.
    mcdunnoughi Clarke, 1941
    megamicrella Dyar, 1902
        braunae Clarke, 1941
    merriccella Dyar, 1902
        merrickella Meyrick, 1922, emend.
    packardella Clemens, 1863
        eruditella (Grote, 1880) (Epigraphia)

ELACHISTINAE

Coelopoeta Walsingham, 1907
    glutinosi Walsingham, 1907
        baldella Barnes & Busck, 1920
    maiadella Kaila, 1995
    phaceliae Kaila, 1995

Elachista Treitschke, 1833
        Aphelosetia Stephens, 1834
        Cycnodia Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
        Phigalia Chambers, 1875, preocc. by Duponchel, 1829
        Atachia Wocke, 1876
        Neaera Chambers, 1880, preocc. by Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
        Hecista Wallengren, 1881
        Aphigalia Dyar, 1903
        Irenicodes Meyrick, 1919
        Euproteodes Viette, 1954
    absaroka Kaila, 1996
    acenteta Braun, 1948
    achrantella Kaila, 1997
    adempta Braun, 1948
        albella; Chambers, 1875, not Wood, 1835
    adianta Kaila, 1997
    aerinella Kaila, 1999
    agilis Braun, 1921
    albicapitella Engel, 1907
    albidella Nylander, 1848
    alpinella Stainton, 1854
    amideta Braun, 1948
    amrodella Kaila, 1999
    anagna Kaila, 1997
    angularis (Braun, 1918)
    aphyodes Kaila, 1997
    apina Kaila, 1997
    aranella Kaila, 1999
    aredhella Kaila, 1999
    arena Kaila, 1997
    arenella Kaila, 1999
    argentosa Braun, 1920
    argillacea Kaila, 1997
    aristoteliella Kaila, 1999
    arthadella Kaila, 1999
    aspila Kaila, 1997
    aurocristata Braun, 1921
    beorella Kaila, 1999
    beothucella Kaila, 1996
    brachyelytrifoliella Clemens, 1864
        angularis Braun, 1918
    bregorella Kaila, 1999
    calusella Kaila, 1996
    cana Braun, 1920
    caranthirella Kaila, 1999
    celegormella Kaila, 1999
    cerasella Kaila, 1996
    cicadella Kaila, 1999
    ciliigera Kaila, 1996
    conidia Kaila, 1997
    coniophora Braun, 1948
    controversa Braun, 1923
    cucullata Braun, 1921
    curufinella Kaila, 1999
    daeronella Kaila, 1999
    dagnirella Kaila, 1999
    dasycara Kaila, 1999
        repl. name for Hemiprosopa albella (Chambers, 1877)
    diederichsiella Hering, 1889
    diorella Kaila, 1999
    dissona Kaila, 1997
    dolabela Kaila, 1999
    dulcinella Kaila, 1999
    elinella Kaila, 1999
    eleochariella Stainton, 1851
    enitescens Braun, 1921
    epimicta Braun, 1948
    excelsicola Braun, 1948
    finarfinella Kaila, 1999
    freyerella (Hübner, [1825]) (Antispila)
    fuliginea Braun, 1948
    galadella Kaila, 1999
    gildorella Kaila, 1999
    glenni Kaila, 1996
    gorlimella Kaila, 1999
    granosa Kaila, 1997
    griseicornis Meyrick, 1932
    guilinella Kaila, 1999
    haldarella Kaila, 1999
    hedionella Kaila, 1999
    helodella Kaila, 1999
    herbigrada Braun, 1925
    hiberna Braun, 1948
    hololeuca Braun, 1948
    huron Kaila, 1996
    ibunella Kaila, 1999
    illectella (Clemens, 1860) (Cosmiotes)
        praematurella Clemens, 1860
        cristatella Chambers, 1876
        albapalpella (Chambers, 1876)
        illicitella Dyar, 1903, missp.
    inaudita Braun, 1927
    indisella Kaila, 1999
    inopina Kaila, 1997
    irrorata Braun, 1920
        philopatris Meyrick, 1932
    ischnella Kaila, 1997
    kilmunella Stainton, 1849
    lamina Braun, 1948
    lenape Kaila, 1996
    leucofrons Braun, 1920
    leucosticta Braun, 1948
    lomionella Kaila, 1997
    loriella Kaila, 1997
    louisella Kaila, 1997
    lurida Kaila, 1997
    maculoscella (Clemens, 1860) (Cosmiotes)
    madarella (Clemens, 1860) (Cosmiotes)
    maglorella Kaila, 1999
    marachella Kaila, 1999
    maritimella McDunnough, 1942
    miriella Kaila, 1999
    morwenella Kaila, 1999
    neithanella Kaila, 1999
    nienorella Kaila, 1999
    nubila Kaila, 1997
    nucula Kaila, 1997
    olorinella Kaila 1999
    orestella Busck, 1908
    ossuaria Kaila, 1997
    parvipulvella Chambers, 1875
    patriodoxa Meyrick, 1932
    pelaena Kaila, 1996
    perniva Kaila, 1997
    praelineata Braun, 1915
    pusilla Frey & Boll, 1876
    pyrrha Kaila, 1996
    radiantella Braun, 1922
    ragnorella Kaila, 1999
    rianella Kaila, 1999
    sabulella Kaila, 1997
    saccharella (Busck, 1934) (Donacivola)
    salinaris Braun, 1925
    scobifera Kaila, 1997
    scopulicola (Braun, 1948) (Cosmiotes)
    serindella Kaila, 1999
    serra Kaila, 1996
    sincera Braun, 1925
    solitaria Braun, 1922
    spatiosa Braun, 1948
    staintonella Chambers, 1878
    stramineola Braun, 1921
    suavella Kaila, 1999
    subalbidella Schlöger, 1847
    sylvestris Braun, 1920
    symmorpha Braun, 1948
    synopla Braun, 1948
    tauronella Kaila, 1999
    telcharella Kaila, 1999
    telerella Kaila, 1999
    texanica Frey & Boll, 1876
    thelma Kaila, 1997
    triangulifera Kaila, 1997
    tuorella Kaila, 1999
    turgonella Kaila, 1999
    turinella Kaila, 1999
    uniolae Kaila, 1999
    vinlandica Kaila, 1996
    virgatula Kaila, 1997
    zernyi Hartig, 1941

Perittia Stainton, 1854
    clarkei Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    cygnodiella (Busck, 1921) (Aphelosetia)
    herrichiella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) (Tinagma)
    lonicerae (Zimmerman & Bradley, 1950)
    passula Kaila, 1995

Mendesia Joannis, 1902
        Triboloneura Walsingham, 1908
    metaxea Kaila, 1995
    serica Kaila, 1995

Stephensia Stainton, 1858
    cunilae Braun, 1930
    major (Kearfott, 1907)

Annettenia Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    eremonoma (Braun, 1948) (Onceroptila)

ETHMIINAE

Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854
        Mesoptycha Zeller, 1854
        Brachilomna Clemens, 1863
        Harpalyce Chambers, 1874
        Ide Chambers, 1880
        Aedemoses Walsingham, 1912
    agrioschista (Meyrick, 1927)
    arizonensis Ferris, 2010
    decorosella (Busck, 1908)
        decorasella (Barnes & Busck, 1920), missp.
        decorella (Barnes & Busck, 1920), missp.
    furcata (Walsingham, 1889)
    fuscorectangulata Duckworth, 1964
    haesitans (Walsingham, 1912)
        hessitans (Heinrich, 1921), missp.
    humilis (Zeller, 1855)
        nebeculosa (Zeller, 1873)
        canusella (Chambers, 1874)
    irene (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
    leucillana (Zeller, 1854)
        algidella (Walker, 1864)
    lindseyi (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
    manzanitae Keifer, 1937
    osseella (Walsingham, 1889)
        querciella (Busck, 1908)
    schlaegeri (Zeller, 1854)
    thomasi (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
    unipunctella (Clemens, 1863)
        lithosina (Zeller, 1873)
        tortricella (Chambers, 1874)
    vestalis (Zeller, 1873)

Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916
    habrolepis A. Blanchard & Knudson, 1986

Ethmia Hübner, 1819
        Psecadia Hübner, 1825
        Anesychia Hübner, 1825
        Disthymnia Hübner, 1825
        Melanoleuca Steph., 1829
        Aedia Duponchel, 1836
        Chalybe Duponchel, 1836
        Azinis Walker, 1863
        Tamarrha Walker, 1864
        Ceratophysetis Meyrick, 1887
        Theoxenia Walsingham, 1887
        Babaiaxa Busck, 1902
        Wiltshireia Amsel, 1949
    abraxasella (Walker, 1864)
    albicostella (Beutenmüller, 1889)
        mirusella (Chambers, 1877), not Chambers, 1874
    albistrigella (Walsingham, 1880)
        chrysurella (Dietz, 1905)
        chrysocomella; Busck, 1905, not Dietz, 1905
        a. icariella Powell, 1973
    albitogata Walsingham, 1907
    angustalatella Powell, 1973
    apicipunctella (Chambers, 1875)
        zavalla Busck, 1915
    arctostaphylella (Walsingham, 1880)
        obscurella (Beutenmüller, 1888)
        mediella Busck, 1913
    bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775)
        echiella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
        hochenwartiella (Rossi, 1790) (Tinea)
        bipunctelia (Uffeln, 1938), missp.
        griseicostella (Wiltshire, 1947)
    bittenella (Busck, 1910)
    brevistriga (Clarke, 1950)
        a. aridicola Powell, 1973
    burnsella Powell, 1973
    caliginosella Busck, 1904
    charybdis Powell, 1973
    confusella (Walker, 1863)
        strigosella (Walker, 1864)
        ingricella (Möschler, 1890)
        strigosa (Ckll., 1891), missp.
    coquillettella Busck, 1967
    delliella (Fernald, 1891)
    discostrigella (Chambers, 1877)
        a. subcaerulea (Walsingham, 1880)
    epileuca Powell, 1959
    farrella Powell, 1973
    geranella Barnes & Busck, 1920
    hagenella (Chambers, 1878)
        a. josephinella Dyar, 1902
    hodgesella Powell, 1973
    julia Powell, 1973
    kutisi Heppner, 1991
    lassenella Busck, 1908
    longimaculella (Chambers, 1872)
        walsinghamella Beutenmüller, 1889
        a. coranella Dyar, 1902
    macelhosiella Busck, 1907
    macneilli Powell, 1973
    marmorea (Walsingham, 1888)
    mimihagenella Powell, 1973
    minuta Powell, 1973
    mirusella (Chambers, 1874)
        mirella Meyrick, 1914, repl. name
    monachella Busck, 1910
    monticola (Walsingham, 1880)
        a. emmeli Powell, 1973
        b. fuscipedella (Walsingham, 1888)
    nadia Clarke, 1950
    notatella (Walker, 1863)
        notatella (Zeller, 1877)
    orestella Powell, 1973
    plagiobothrae Powell, 1973
    powelli Heppner, 1988
    prattiella Busck, 1915
    scylla Powell, 1973
    semilugens (Zeller, 1872)
        multipunctella (Chambers, 1874)
        semiopaca (Grote, 1881)
        plumbeella (Beutenmüller, 1889)
    semiombra Dyar, 1902
    semitenebrella Dyar, 1902
    sphenisca Powell, 1973
    submissa Busck, 1914
    subsimilis Walsingham, 1897
    timberlakei Powell, 1973
    tricula Powell, 1973
    trifurcella (Chambers, 1873)
    umbrimarginella Busck, 1907
    zelleriella (Chambers, 1878)
        texanella (Chambers, 1880)

Gonioterma Walsingham, 1897
    crambitella (Walsingham, 1889) (Stenoma)
    mistrella (Busck, 1907) (Stenoma)

Menesta Clemens, 1860
        Hyale Chambers, 1880
    melanella Murtfeldt, 1890
    tortriciformella Clemens, 1860
        liturella (Walker, 1864)
        coryliella (Chambers, 1875)
        albaciliaeella (Chambers, 1875)
        albiciliella Walsingham, 1911, missp.
        albaciliella Braun, 1915, missp.

Menestomorpha Walsingham, 1907
    kimballi (Duckworth, 1964) (Mothonica)
    oblongata Walsingham, 1907

Rectiostoma Becker, 1982
    fernaldella (Riley, 1889)
    xanthobasis (Zeller, 1875)

Pseudethmia Clarke, 1950
    protuberans Clarke, 1950

Pyramidobela Braun, 1923
        Idioptila Meyrick, 1927
    agyrtodes (Meyrick, 1927) (Idioptila)
    angelarum Keifer, 1936
    quinquecristata Braun, 1921