Family ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE
Compiler and date details
February 2012 - Data added by Robyn Meier with advice from Ted Edwards, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
1996 - Names and Introduction taken from Nielsen et al. (1996)
- Amphitheridae.
Introduction
Nielsen (1996) included this family in the superfamily Gracillarioidea; his introduction is reproduced verbatum below.
Moths of this family usually have antennae longer than the forwings and species of some groups have the compound eyes divided horizontally. The family and its systematic position was reviewed by Kyrki (1983). The most extensive regional revision of the family was by Moriuti (1978) who included some Australian species.
The Australian fauna has not been revised. A substantial number of species were named by Meyrick (1893). The family was reviewed in Lepidopterum Catalogus (as Amphitheridae) by Meyrick (1914) and in part as Adelaidae by Meyrick (1912).
General References
Kyrki, J. 1983. Roeslerstammia Zeller assigned to Amphitheridae, with notes on the nomenclature and systematics of the family (Lepidoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica 14: 321-329
Meyrick, E. 1893. Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 7(4): 477-612 [Date published 1893: dated 1892]
Moriuti, S. 1978. Amphitheridae (Lepidoptera): four new species from Asia, Telethera blepharacma Meyrick new to Japan and Formosa, and Sphenograptis Meyrick transferred to the family. Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture B 30: 1-17
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 27-Feb-2012 | 27-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |