Alabonia
Encyclopedia
Alabonia is a genus
of gelechioid moth
s. Here, it is placed within the subfamily Oecophorinae
of the concealer moth family
(Oecophoridae). Alternatively it has been placed in the Elachistidae
or Depressariinae
together with its presumed closest relatives. It has also been proposed to separate Alabonia and closely related genera as a subfamily Enicostominae (after the junior synonym of Alabonia), but this has generally not been followed by recent authors regardless of where they placed the present genus.
Species
include:
Junior synonyms of Alabonia are:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of gelechioid moth
Gelechioidea
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s. Here, it is placed within the subfamily Oecophorinae
Oecophorinae
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of the concealer moth family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Oecophoridae). Alternatively it has been placed in the Elachistidae
Elachistidae
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or Depressariinae
Depressariinae
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together with its presumed closest relatives. It has also been proposed to separate Alabonia and closely related genera as a subfamily Enicostominae (after the junior synonym of Alabonia), but this has generally not been followed by recent authors regardless of where they placed the present genus.
Species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
include:
- Alabonia chapmani Walsingham, 1903
- Alabonia geoffrellaAlabonia geoffrellaAlabonia geoffrella is a species of gelechioid moth. Here, it is placed within the subfamily Oecophorinae of the concealer moth family . Alternatively it has been placed in the Elachistidae or Depressariinae together with its presumed closest relatives.It is found in Europe, where it is not rare in...
- Alabonia herculeella Walsingham, 1903
- Alabonia staintoniella (Zeller, 1850)
- Alabonia superior Rebel, 1917
Junior synonyms of Alabonia are:
- Enicostoma Stephens, 1829
- Henicostoma Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)