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Gelechiidae

There are more than 4000 species described in this cosmopolitan family (Scoble 1992: 250).
Identification: Amsel 1935, Bland et al. 2002, Elsner et al. 1999, Englert 1974, Gozmány 1955b, 1957, 1958, Huemer 1988, Huemer & Karsholt 1999, Karsholt 1981, Klimesch 1953, 1954, Piskunov 1990b, Pitkin 1984, 1988, Povolný 1966, 1967, 1983, 2002, Sattler 1960a, 1960b, 1962, 1968, 1976, 1986, Sokoloff 1985, Svensson 1962, Wolff 1958.
Nomenclature according to Fauna Europaea.
Species in Belgium: 152.
WV = West-Vlaanderen LI = Limburg NA = Namur
OV = Oost-Vlaanderen BR = Brabant LG = Liège
AN = Antwerpen HA = Hainaut LX = Luxembourg
= before 1980 = 1980 – 2004 = after 2004
Species WV OV AN LI BR HA NA LG LX
Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759)
      
Acompsia schmidtiellus (Heyden, 1848)
= durdhamella (Stainton, 1849)
= quadrinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)		         L      
Acompsia tripunctella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
         L        
Altenia scriptella (Hübner, 1796)
                
Anacampsis blattariella (Hübner, 1796)
= betulinella Vári, 1941 		 
Anacampsis obscurella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= subsequella (Hübner, 1796) 		               
Anacampsis populella (Clerck, 1759)
= tremulella (Duponchel, 1843)
Anacampsis scintillella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841)
                
Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839
              
Anarsia spartiella (Schrank, 1802)
      
Apodia bifractella (Duponchel, 1843)
   L    
Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)
  
Argolamprotes micella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  
Aristotelia brizella (Treitschke, 1833)
                
Aristotelia decurtella (Hübner, 1813)
                
Aristotelia ericinella (Zeller, 1839)
        
Aristotelia subdecurtella (Stainton, 1859)
            
 
Aroga velocella (Zeller, 1839)
      
Athrips mouffetella (Linnaeus, 1758)
   L  
Athrips pruinosella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
                
Athrips rancidella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
                
Brachmia blandella (Fabricius, 1798)
= gerronella (Zeller, 1850) 		 
Brachmia dimidiella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
                
Brachmia inornatella (Douglas, 1850)
          
Bryotropha affinis (Haworth, 1828)
        
Bryotropha basaltinella (Zeller, 1839)
            
Bryotropha desertella (Douglas, 1850)
= decrepitella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) 		L          
Bryotropha domestica (Haworth, 1828)
            
Bryotropha galbanella (Zeller, 1839)
       L        
Bryotropha politella (Stainton, 1851)
                
Bryotropha senectella (Zeller, 1839)
      
Bryotropha similis (Stainton, 1854)
= dufraneella (De Joannis, 1928) 		           
Bryotropha terrella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= zephyrella (Treitschke, 1832), nec (Hübner, 1813) 		   
Bryotropha umbrosella (Zeller, 1839)
= fuliginosella (Snellen, 1882) 		    L    
Carpatolechia alburnella (Zeller, 1839)    
Carpatolechia decorella (Haworth, 1812)
= humeralis (Zeller, 1839)		                
Carpatolechia fugacella (Zeller, 1839)                
Carpatolechia fugitivella (Zeller, 1839)        
Carpatolechia notatella (Hübner, 1813)
= euratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)		                
Carpatolechia proximella (Hübner, 1796)
Caryocolum alsinella (Zeller, 1868)
= semidecandrella (Threfall, 1887) 		        L        
Caryocolum blandella (Douglas, 1852)
= maculea sensu (Haworth, 1828) 		     
Caryocolum cauligenella (Schmid, 1863)
                
Caryocolum huebneri (Haworth, 1828)
= knaggsiella (Stainton, 1866) 		               
Caryocolum junctella (Douglas, 1851)
                
Caryocolum kroesmanniella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
= huebneri sensu auct. 		             
Caryocolum marmoreum (Haworth, 1828)
     L        
Caryocolum tricolorella (Haworth, 1812)
= contigua (Haworth, 1828) 		           
Chionodes continuella (Zeller, 1839)
              
Chionodes distinctella (Zeller, 1839)
            
Chionodes electella (Zeller, 1839)
      
Chionodes fumatella (Douglas, 1850)                
Chionodes tragicella (Heyden, 1865)              
Chrysoesthia drurella (Fabricius, 1775)
= hermannella sensu auct.
Chrysoesthia sexguttella (Thunberg, 1794)
= naeviferella (Duponchel, 1843)
= stipella sensu auct.
Dichomeris alacella (Zeller, 1839)
     L   L
Dichomeris derasella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= fasciella (Hübner, 1796) 		         
Dichomeris limosellus (Schläger, 1849)
= deflectivellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) 		             
Dichomeris marginella (Fabricius, 1781)
= clarella (Treitschke, 1833) 		 
Dichomeris ustalella (Fabricius, 1794)
          
Eulamprotes atrella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
    
Eulamprotes superbella (Zeller, 1839)
 L              
Eulamprotes unicolorella (Duponchel, 1843)
       L      
Eulamprotes wilkella (Linnaeus, 1758)
= pictella (Zeller, 1839) 		           
Exoteleia dodecella (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
Filatima spurcella (Duponchel, 1843)
                
Gelechia hippophaella (Schrank, 1802)
 L                
Gelechia muscosella Zeller, 1839          
Gelechia nigra (Haworth, 1828)
= cautella (Zeller, 1839) 		     
Gelechia rhombella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
         L
Gelechia rhombelliformis Staudinger, 1871              
Gelechia sabinellus Zeller, 1839
       L    
Gelechia scotinella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
     L          
Gelechia senticetella (Staudinger, 1859)
      
Gelechia sororculella (Hübner, 1817)
      
Gelechia turpella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
= pinguinella (Treitschke, 1832) 		  L      
Gnorimoschema streliciella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
                
Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
       L
Helcystogramma rufescens (Haworth, 1828)
Helcystogramma triannulella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
                
Hypatima rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758)
= conscriptella (Hübner, 1805)
= huebnerella (Donovan, 1806) 		 
Isophrictis anthemidella (Wocke, 1871)




Isophrictis striatella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= tanacetella (Schrank, 1802)
Iwaruna biguttella (Duponchel, 1843)
          
Mesophleps silacella (Hübner, 1796)
= silacea (Haworth, 1828) 		             
Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839)
= carlinella (Stainton, 1851) 		               
Metzneria aprilella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)                
Metzneria lappella (Linnaeus, 1758)
      
Metzneria metzneriella (Stainton, 1851)
      
Metzneria neuropterella Zeller, 1839
            
Mirificarma eburnella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= formosella (Hübner, 1796), nec ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= flammella (Hübner, 1825) 		            L    
Mirificarma flavella (Duponchel, 1844)
= segetella (Zeller, 1847) 		               
Mirificarma interrupta (Curtis, 1827)
= interuptella (Hübner, 1793) 		        L
Mirificarma lentiginosella (Zeller, 1839)
         L        
Mirificarma mulinella (Zeller, 1839)
   L
Monochroa conspersella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
= morosa (Mühlig, 1864) 		             
Monochroa cytisella (Curtis, 1837)
            
Monochroa divisella (Douglas, 1850)              
Monochroa lucidella (Stephens, 1834)
        
Monochroa lutulentella (Zeller, 1839)
                
Monochroa moyses Uffen, 1991              
Monochroa palustrellus (Douglas, 1850)            
Monochroa tenebrella (Hübner, 1817)
    
Monochroa tetragonella (Stainton, 1885)
                
Neofaculta ericetella (Geyer, 1832)
= gallinella (Treitschke, 1833) 		   
Neofaculta infernella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
                
Neofriseria peliella (Treitschke, 1835)
        
Nothris lemniscellus (Zeller, 1839)
                
Nothris verbascella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
            
Parachronistis albiceps (Zeller, 1839)
    
Pexicopia malvella (Hübner, 1805)
= lutarea (Haworth, 1828) 		             
Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
        

   
Platyedra subcinerea (Haworth, 1828)
= vilella (Zeller, 1847) 		           
Prolita sexpunctella (Fabricius, 1794)
= virgella (Thunberg, 1794) 		               
Prolita solutella (Zeller, 1839)
     L L      
Pseudotelphusa paripunctella (Thunberg, 1794)
= triparella (Zeller, 1839)		      
Pseudotelphusa scalella (Scopoli, 1763)
= aleella (Fabricius, 1794)
= bicolorella (Duponchel, 1839) 		       
Psoricoptera gibbosella (Zeller, 1839)
 L
Psoricoptera speciosella Teich, 1892                
Ptocheuusa paupella (Zeller, 1847)
              
Recurvaria leucatella (Clerck, 1759)
= albicingulella (Duponchel, 1839) 		   
Recurvaria nanella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  
Scrobipalpa acuminatella (Sircom, 1850)
Scrobipalpa artemisiella (Treitschke, 1833)
        
Scrobipalpa atriplicella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841)
   L      
Scrobipalpa brahmiella (Heyden, 1862)
                
Scrobipalpa costella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
   
Scrobipalpa instabilella (Douglas, 1846)
              
Scrobipalpa nitentella (Fuchs, 1902)          
Scrobipalpa obsoletella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841)
        
Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd, 1858)
                
Scrobipalpa proclivella (Fuchs, 1886)              
Scrobipalpa salinella (Zeller, 1847)
= salicorniae (O. Hering, 1889) 		               
Scrobipalpa samadensis (Pfaffenzeller, 1870)
= plantaginella (Stainton, 1883) 		               
Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)
                
Sophronia humerella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
                
Sophronia semicostella (Hübner, 1813)
      
Stenolechia gemmella (Linnaeus, 1758)
= nivea (Haworth, 1828)
= nigrovittella (Duponchel, 1839) 		   
Stenolechiodes pseudogemmellus Elsner, 1996  
Syncopacma albipalpella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
       L        
Syncopacma captivella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
= sarothamniella (Zeller, 1868) 		               
Syncopacma cinctella (Clerck, 1759)
= vorticella (Scopoli, 1763) 		            L  
Syncopacma larseniella Gozmány, 1957
      
Syncopacma taeniolella (Zeller, 1839)
            
Teleiodes flavimaculella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)                
Teleiodes luculella (Hübner, 1813)
Teleiodes saltuum (Zeller, 1878)
          
Teleiodes sequax (Haworth, 1828)
     L        
Teleiodes vulgella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Teleiopsis diffinis (Haworth, 1828)
= dissimilella (Treitschke, 1833) 		       
Teleiopsis rosalbella (Fologne, 1862)
                
Thiotricha subocellea (Stephens, 1834)
= internella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) 		           
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