Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Gelechiinae

• Mirificarma montivaga (Walsingham, 1904) Algeria, Morocco. See [maps]

  • Gelechia montivaga Walsingham, 1904; Ent. mon. Mag. 40: 221; TL: Algeria
  • Gelechia pulverosella Zerny, 1936; Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc. 42: 137, pl. 2, f. 44; TL: Morocco
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 18; [NHM card]

  • Mirificarma montivaga; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 18; [NHM card]

• Mirificarma scissella (Chrétien, 1915) Algeria. See [maps]

  • Gelechia scissella Chrétien, 1915; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 84: 319; TL: Algeria

  • Mirificarma scissella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 20; [NHM card]
• Mirificarma rhodoptera (Mann, 1866) Rumania, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon. See [maps]

  • Gelechia rhodoptera Mann, 1866; Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien 16: 353, pl. 1, f. 10; TL: Rumania

  • Mirificarma rhodoptera, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma rhodoptera; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 20; [NHM card]; [ME3], 126, 30; [FE]
• Mirificarma minimella Huemer & Karsholt, 2001 Greece. See [maps]

  • Mirificarma minimella Huemer & Karsholt, 2001; Nota lepid. 24 (3): 48, f. 7, 29, 33; TL: Hellas, Lakonia, 7km SW Monemvasia

  • Mirificarma minimella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma minimella; [FE]
• Mirificarma denotata Pitkin, 1984 Morocco, S.Spain. See [maps]

  • Mirificarma denotata Pitkin, 1984; Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 22; TL: Morocco, El Fendek

  • Mirificarma denotata; [NHM card]; [ME3], 126, 30; [FE]

  Larva on Astragalus lusitanicus Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 22

• Mirificarma maculatella (Hübner, 1796) France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Syria, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Ukraine. See [maps]

  • Tinea maculatella Hübner, 1796; Samml. eur. Schmett. [8]: 60, pl. 24, f. 162 [not 161]

  • Mirificarma maculatella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma maculatella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 23; [NHM card]; [ME3], 127, 30; [FE]

  Larva on Coronilla varia, C. emerus Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 23

• Mirificarma pallidipulchra (Walsingham, 1904) Algeria, Tunisia, Libya. See [maps]

  • Rhinosia pallidipulchra Walsingham, 1904; Ent. mon. Mag. 40: 269; TL: Algeria
  • Rhinosia striolella Turati, 1924; Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 63: 166, pl. 6, f. 11; TL: Libya
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 23; [NHM card]

  • Mirificarma pallidipulchra, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma pallidipulchra; [NHM card]; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 24
• Mirificarma aflavella Amsel, 1935 Greece, Turkey, Israel. See [maps]

  • Rhinosia flavella aflavella Amsel, 1935; Veröff. dt. Kol. Übersee-Mus. 1 (2): 275; TL: Israel

  • Mirificarma aflavella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma aflavella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 25; [NHM card]; [ME3], 128, 30; [FE]
• Mirificarma flavella (Duponchel, 1844) France, Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Belgium. See [maps]

  • Acompsia flavella Duponchel, 1844
  • Gelechia segetella Zeller, 1847; Isis von Oken 1847 (11): 847; TL: :REF#a: 512, pl. 89, f. 7
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 26; [NHM card]; [ME3], 128, 30

  • Mirificarma flavella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma flavella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 26; [NHM card]; [ME3], 128, 30; [FE]

  Larva on Trifolium pratense, T. minus?, T. dubium, Lotus corniculatus Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 27

• Mirificarma eburnella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) SEU, CEU, NAF, Armenia, ..., California. See [maps]

  • Tinea eburnella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 140; TL: Austria
  • Tinea formosella Hübner, 1796; Samml. eur. Schmett. [8]: 62, pl. 23, f. 160 (preocc. Tinea formosella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); TL: Switzerland
    • = Mirificarma flammella ; [NACL], #2208
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 27; [NHM card]; [ME3], 129, 30; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 22; [FE]
  • Carcina flammella Hübner, [1825]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (23-27): 410 (repl. Tinea formosella Hübner, 1796); TL: Switzerland
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 27; [NHM card]; [ME3], 129, 30; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 22
  • Gelechia rufeoformosella Bruand, 1859; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (3) 6: 652 (repl. Tinea formosella Hübner, 1796); TL: Switzerland
    • = ; [NHM card]; [ME3], 129, 30; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 22

  • Mirificarma eburnella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Mirificarma eburnella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Mirificarma flamella[sic, recte flammella]; [NACL], #2208
  • Mirificarma eburnella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 27; [NHM card]; [ME3], 129, 30; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 22; [FE]

  Larva on Medicago sativa, M. lupulina, M. polymorpha, Trifolium repens, Trifolium hirtum, Vicia americana, Hippocrepis comosa Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 28

• Mirificarma ocellinella (Chrétien, 1915) Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Jordan. See [maps]

  • Gelechia ocellinella Chrétien, 1915; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 84: 317; TL: Tunisia
  • Gelechia aurantiella Chrétien, 1915; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 84: 317; TL: Tunisia
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 29; [NHM card]
  • Gelechia retamaeofoliella Dumont, 1931; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1931: 148; TL: Tunisia
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 29; [NHM card]

  • Mirificarma ocellinella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 29; [NHM card]

  Larva on Retama raetam Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 29

• Mirificarma fasciata Pitkin, 1984 Spain. See [maps]

  • Mirificarma fasciata Pitkin, 1984; Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 31; TL: Spain, Malaga, San Pedro de Alcántara

  • Mirificarma fasciata; [NHM card]; [ME3], 130, 30; [FE]
• Mirificarma lentiginosella (Zeller, 1839) Great Britain, France, Denmark, C.Europe, Italy, Rumania, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Turkey, European Russia, Amernia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia lentiginosella Zeller, 1839; Isis [32] 1839 (3): 198; TL: Germany

  • Mirificarma lentiginosella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Mirificarma lentiginosella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Mirificarma lentiginosella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 32; [NHM card]; [ME3], 130, 30; [FE]

  Larva on Genista tinctoria, Genista anglica, G. germanica, G. satittalis, Laburnum anagyroides Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 32

• Mirificarma pederskoui Huemer & Karsholt, 1999 S.Spain. See [maps]

  • Mirificarma pederskoui Huemer & Karsholt, 1999; Microlep. Europe 3: 131, 30; TL: Spain, Cadiz, 3km NW of Tarifa, 50m

  • Mirificarma pederskoui; [FE]
• Mirificarma constricta Pitkin, 1984 N.Morocco. See [maps]

  • Mirificarma constricta Pitkin, 1984; Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 33; TL: Morocco, Tanger, 45m

  • Mirificarma constricta; [NHM card]
• Mirificarma cytisella (Treitschke, 1833) France, Germany, Corsica, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Albania, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, Poland. See [maps]

  • Lita cytisella Treitschke, 1833; in Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. 9 (2): 99

  • Mirificarma cytisella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma cytisella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 34; [NHM card]; [ME3], 132, 31; [FE]

  Larva on Cytisus nigricans, Genista , Laburnum anagyroides, Calicotome spinosa, Onospis spinosa spinosa Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 36

  • M. c. cytisella Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Albania, Greece, France, Corsica, italy

    • Gelechia cytisella ab. roseella Hauder, 1918; Ent. Zs. 31 (26): 102
      • = Mirificarma cytisella cytisella ; [NHM card]
      • = Mirificarma cytisella ; [ME3], 132, 31

    • Mirificarma cytisella cytisella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 36; [NHM card]
  • M. c. leonella Amsel, 1959 Portugal

    • Mirificarma cytisella leonella Amsel, 1959; An. Fac. Ciencias do Porto 41 [?]: 156, 164, pl. 1, f. 3; TL: Portugal, Singeverga
      • = Mirificarma cytisella ; [ME3], 132, 31

    • Mirificarma cytisella leonella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 37; [NHM card]
• Mirificarma monticolella (Rebel, 1931) N.Albania. See [maps]

  • Lita acuminatella f. monticolella Rebel, 1931; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien 103: 147, 160; TL: Albania

  • Mirificarma monticolella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma monticolella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 37; [NHM card]; [ME3], 133, 31; [ME6], 63 (note); [FE]
• Mirificarma interrupta (Curtis, 1827) Spain, France, C.Europe, Czechoslovakia, Poland, N.Africa, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy. See [maps]

  • Anacampsis interrupta Curtis, 1827; British Entomology 4: pl. 189 (emend.)
    • = Mirificarma interuptella ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 38
  • Phalaena (Tinea) interuptella Hübner, 1793; Vögel und Schmett.: 14, pl. 88
    • = ; [NHM card]; [ME3], 133, 31; [FE]

  • Mirificarma interrupta, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Mirificarma interrupta, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Tinea interruptella[sic, recte interuptella]; Hübner, 1822, Syst.-alph. Verz.: 72
  • Mirificarma interuptella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 38
  • Mirificarma interrupta; [NHM card]; [ME3], 133, 31; [FE]

  Larva on Cytisus scoparius, Cytisus purgans, Genista Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 39

• Mirificarma flavonigrella (Chrétien, 1915) Algeria. See [maps]

  • Gelechia flavonigrella Chrétien, 1915; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 84: 318; TL: Algeria

  • Mirificarma flavonigrella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 39; [NHM card]
• Mirificarma burdonella (Rebel, 1930) Corsica, Sardinia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia burdonella Rebel, 1930; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 15: 25; TL: Corsica, Col de Vergio

  • Mirificarma burdonella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Gelechia bardonella[sic, recte burdonella]; Gaede, 1937, in Bryk, Lepid. Cat. 79: 148
  • Mirificarma burdonella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 40; Povolný, 1964, Acta Soc. ent. Cechoslov. 61: 358; [NHM card]; [ME3], 134, 31; [FE]
• Mirificarma cabezella (Chrétien, 1925) Spain, Morocco. See [maps]

  • Gelechia maculatella f. cabezella Chrétien, 1925; Amat. Papillons 2: 245; TL: Spain

  • Mirificarma cabezella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 41; [NHM card]; [ME3], 135, 31; [FE]

  Larva on Adenocarpus hispanicus Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 42

• Mirificarma ulicinella (Staudinger, 1859) Spain, S.France, Italy. See [maps]

  • Gelechia ulicinella Staudinger, 1859; Stettin ent. Ztg 20 (7-9): 240, pl. 38, f. 8-10; TL: Spain

  • Mirificarma ulicinella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mirificarma ulicinella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 42; [NHM card]; [FE]; [ME3], 135, 31

  Larva on Ulex parviflorus Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 43

• Mirificarma mulinella (Zeller, 1839) Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Yugoslavia, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Austria, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, European Russia, Algeria, Tunisia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia mulinella Zeller, 1839; Isis [32] 1839 (3): 199; TL: Germany
  • Gelechia caminariella Fuchs, 1902; Stettin ent. Ztg 63 (1): 323; TL: Germany, Rheingau, near Bornich, Rheinberge, Rieslingberg
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 43; [NHM card]; [ME3], 136, 31
  • Gelechia nigraesilvae Amsel, 1950; Beitr. nat. Forsch. SüdwDtl. 9: 27, f. 1-2; TL: Germany
    • = ; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 43; [NHM card]; [ME3], 136, 31

  • Mirificarma mulinella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Mirificarma mulinella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Gelechia carminariella[sic, recte caminariella]; Eckstein, 1933, 134
  • Mirificarma mulinella; Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 43; [NHM card]; [ME3], 136, 31; [FE]

  Larva on Ulex europaeus, Cytisus scoparius, C. nigricans, Genista germanica, Calicotome spinosa Pitkin, 1984, Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) 48 (1): 44

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