Atemelia

Atemelia torquatella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yponomeutoidea

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 Superfamilia: Yponomeutoidea

Familia: Praydidae
Genus: Atemelia
Species: A. aetherias – A. casimiroae – A. fusca – A. mahonivora – A. torquatella

Name

Atemelia Herrich-Schäffer, 1853: 9 (key), 33

Type species: Oecophora torquatella Lienig, 1846 in Lienig & Zeller by subsequent designation by Fletcher, 1929.

Synonyms

• Orinympha Meyrick, 1927: 360 [Synonymized by Kyrki (1990)]
  • Type species: Orinympha aetherias Meyrick, 1927 (by monotypy)

References

Primary references

• Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1853-1855. Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu Jakob Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. Band 5: Die Schaben und Federmotten. — Regensburg. 394 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Liu, T-T. & Yan, J-H. 2017. Review of the Palearctic Atemelia Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea, Praydidae), with description of a new leafmining species. Zootaxa 4250(4): 327–336. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.4.3. Reference page. 
• Sohn, J.-C. & Alba, M.P. 2014. A New Species of Atemelia (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea, Praydidae) Feeding on the Ornamental Shrub Mahonia (Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) in Chile. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(2): 339–346. DOI: 10.1603/AN13069 . Reference page. 
• Sohn, J.C. & Epstein, M.E. 2019. Atemelia casimiroae sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Praydidae): A new pest species on white sapote (Casimiroa edulis) in California, United States, reveals unique morphology of spinneret and ventral eversible gland. Zoologischer Anzeiger 279: 52–58. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2019.01.001 . Reference page. 

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