Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Gelechiinae

• Telphusa alexandriacella (Chambers, 1872) Kentucky. See [maps]

  • Adrasteia alexandriacella Chambers, 1872; Can. Ent. 4 (8): 149; TL: Alexandria, Kentucky

  • Telphusa alexandriacella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Telphusa alexandriacella; [NACL], #1855 (ident. uncert.); [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 54; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9 (incertas sedis)
• Telphusa amphichroma Meyrick, 1913 S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Telphusa amphichroma Meyrick, 1913; Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4): 286; TL: Barberton

  • Telphusa amphichroma; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Telphusa atomatma (Meyrick, 1932) Punjab. See [maps]

  • atomatma (Meyrick, 1932) (Phthorimaea); Exotic Microlep. 4 (7): 196

  • Telphusa atomatma; [NHM card]
• Telphusa auxoptila Meyrick, 1926 Colombia. See [maps]

  • Telphusa auxoptila Meyrick, 1926; Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 276; TL: Colombia, San Antonie

  • Recurvaria auxoptila; [NHM card]
  • Telphusa auxoptila; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa babygrapta Meyrick, 1932 Java. See [maps]

  • babygrapta Meyrick, 1932; Exotic Microlep. 4 (7): 193

  • Telphusa babygrapta; [NHM card]
• Telphusa calathaea Meyrick, 1913 S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Telphusa calathaea Meyrick, 1913; Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4): 286; TL: Barberton

  • Telphusa calathaea; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Telphusa callitechna Meyrick, 1914 British Guiana, .... See [maps]

  • Telphusa callitechna Meyrick, 1914; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914: 236; TL: British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali
  • Mompha praefinita Meyrick, 1917; Exotic Microlep. 2 (2): 53; TL: French Guiana, R. Maroni
    • = ; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]

  • Telphusa callitechna; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa chloroderces Meyrick, 1929 Manchuria. See [maps]

  • Telphusa chloroderces Meyrick, 1929; Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 487; TL: Manchuria

  • Telphusa chloroderces; [NHM card]

  Larva on Prunus persica Meyrick, 1929, Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 487

• Telphusa cistiflorella (Constant, 1890) Canary Is., Morocco, SWEU, S.France, S.Italy, Greece. See [maps]

  • Lita cistiflorella Constant, 1890; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1889: cxxv

  • Telphusa cistiflorella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Telphusa cistiflorella; [NHM card]; [ME3], 104, 29; [FE]
  • Telphusa (?) cistiflorella; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 55

  Larva on (in flowers) Cistus albidus [ME3], 105

• Telphusa conviciata Meyrick, 1929 Assam. See [maps]

  • Telphusa conviciata Meyrick, 1929; Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 487; TL: Assam, Cherrapunji

  • Telphusa conviciata; [NHM card]
• Telphusa delatrix Meyrick, 1923 Peru. See [maps]

  • Telphusa delatrix Meyrick, 1923; Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 17; TL: Peru, Iquitos

  • Telphusa delatrix; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa distictella Forbes, 1931 Puerto Rica

  • distictella Forbes, 1931; J. Agric. Porto Rico 15 (4): 372

  • Telphusa distictella; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa extranea (Walsingham, [1892]) West Indies

  • Poecilia extranea Walsingham, [1892]; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891: 521; TL: West Indies, St. Vincent
    • = Telphusa longifasciella ; Sattler, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (4): 258

  • Geniadophora extranea; [NHM card]
  • Telphusa extranea; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa fasciella (Chambers, 1872) Kentucky, .... See [maps]

  • Adrasteia fasciella Chambers, 1872; Can. Ent. 4 (8): 149; TL: Kentucky

  • Telphusa fasciella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Telphusa fasciella; [NACL], #1856 (ident. uncert.); [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 54; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9 (incerate sedis)
• Telphusa hemicycla Meyrick, 1932 Paraguay. See [maps]

  • hemicycla Meyrick, 1932; Exotic Microlep. 4 (11): 350

  • Telphusa hemicycla; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa improvida Meyrick, 1926 S.India. See [maps]

  • Telphusa improvida Meyrick, 1926; Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 275; TL: Bombay, Karwar

  • Telphusa improvida; [NHM card]

  Larva on Odina wodier Meyrick, 1926, Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 276

• Telphusa incognitella (Caradja, 1920) Korea, Khabarovsk, Primorye, ..... See [maps]

  • Gelechia scalella var. incognitella Caradja, 1920; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34 (1/2): 100; TL: Kasakewitsch

  • Pseudotelphusa incognitella; [NHM card]
  • Telphusa (?) incognitella; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 55
  • Nuntia incognitella; Park, 2012, Ins. Fauna Korea 16 (6): 5 (list), 110; Bae, Lee & Park, 2014, Ent. Res. 44: 19 (list); [RFEL]
• Telphusa iosticta Meyrick, 1937 S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Telphusa iosticta Meyrick, 1937; Exotic Microlep. 5 (3): 92

  • Telphusa iosticta; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Telphusa iriditis Meyrick, 1920 SW.Africa. See [maps]

  • Telphusa iriditis Meyrick, 1920; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 17 (4): 282; TL: SW. Protectorate, Narugas

  • Telphusa iriditis; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Telphusa latebricola Meyrick, 1932 Virgin Is.

  • latebricola Meyrick, 1932; Exotic Microlep. 4 (11): 349

  • Recurvaria latebricola; [NHM card]
  • Telphusa latebricola; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa longifasciella (Clemens, 1863) Kentucky, S.Ontario. See [maps]

  • Gelechia longifasciella Clemens, 1863; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 2: 12
  • Telphusa curvistrigella Chambers, 1872; Can. Ent. 4 (7): 133; TL: Kentucky
    • = ; [NACL], #1858; [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 15, 55; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9
  • Gelechia obliquifasciella Chambers, 1880; J. Cincinnati Soc. nat. Hist. 2 (4): 182; TL: Texas
    • = ; [NACL], #1858; [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 55; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9
  • Gelechia lutraula Meyrick, 1923; Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 20; TL: Canada, Toronto
    • = ; [NACL], #1858; [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 55; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9

  • Telphusa longifasciella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Telphusa longifasciella, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Telphusa longifasciella; [NACL], #1858; [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 54; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9
• Telphusa medulella Busck, 1914 Panama. See [maps]

  • Telphusa medulella Busck, 1914; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2043): 15; TL: Porto Bello and Trinidad R., Panama

  • Telphusa medulella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 89; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa melanoleuca Walsingham, 1911 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Telphusa melanoleuca Walsingham, 1911; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 56; TL: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000ft

  • Telphusa melanoleuca; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa melanozona Meyrick, 1913 Bengal. See [maps]

  • Telphusa melanozona Meyrick, 1913; Exot. Microlep. 1 (3): 65; TL: Bengal, Pusa

  • Telphusa melanozona; [NHM card]

  Larva on (mines) Euphorbia neriifolia Meyrick, 1913, Exot. Microlep. 1 (3): 65

• Telphusa melitocyela Meyrick, 1935 China. See [maps]

  • melitocyela Meyrick, 1935; Mat. Microlep. Fauna chin. Prov.: 65

  • Telphusa melitocyela; [NHM card]
• Telphusa microsperma Meyrick, 1920 E.Africa. See [maps]

  • Telphusa microsperma Meyrick, 1920; in Alluaud & Jeannel, Voyage Afr. Orientale, Ins. Lép. 2: 69

  • Telphusa microsperma; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Telphusa necromantis Meyrick, 1932 Japan, .... See [maps]

  • Telphusa necromantis Meyrick, 1932; Exotic Microlep. 4 (7): 194
    • = Nuntia incognitella ; Park, 2012, Ins. Fauna Korea 16 (6): 5 (list), 110; [RFEL]

  • Telphusa necromantis; [NHM card]
  • Nuntia necromantis; Omelko, 1995
  • Telphusa (?) necromantis; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 55
• Telphusa nephelaspis Meyrick, 1926 NW.India. See [maps]

  • Telphusa nephelaspis Meyrick, 1926; Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 276; TL: Kumaon, Muktesar, 7000ft

  • Telphusa nephelaspis; [NHM card]
• Telphusa nigrimaculata Braun, 1923 California. See [maps]

  • Telphusa nigrimaculata Braun, 1923; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 12 (10): 118; TL: Escondido Bay, California

  • Telphusa nigrimaculata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Telphusa nigrimaculata; [NHM card]; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9 (incertae sedis)
• Telphusa obligata Busck, 1914 Panama. See [maps]

  • Telphusa obligata Busck, 1914; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2043): 15; TL: La Chorrera, Panama

  • Telphusa obligata; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 101; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa ochrifoliata Walsingham, 1911 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Telphusa ochrifoliata Walsingham, 1911; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 56, pl. 2, f. 15; TL: Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova

  • Telphusa ochrifoliata; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 102; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa orgilopis Meyrick, 1923 Brazil (Para). See [maps]

  • Telphusa orgilopis Meyrick, 1923; Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 16; TL: Brazil, Para

  • Telphusa orgilopis; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa penetratrix Meyrick, 1931 Paraguay. See [maps]

  • penetratrix Meyrick, 1931; J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 37: 279

  • Telphusa penetratrix; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa perspicua (Walsingham, 1897) Haiti

  • Gelechia perspicua Walsingham, 1897; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 72; TL: West Indies, Haiti

  • Telphusa perspicua, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Telphusa perspicua; [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 55; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa phaulosema Meyrick, 1920 E.Africa. See [maps]

  • Telphusa phaulosema Meyrick, 1920; in Alluaud & Jeannel, Voyage Afr. Orientale, Ins. Lép. 2: 70

  • Telphusa phaulosema; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Telphusa pistaciae Sattler, 1982 Iran. See [maps]

  • pistaciae Sattler, 1982; Ent. Gaz. 33 (1): 17

  • Telphusa pistaciae; [NHM card]
• Telphusa prasinoleuca (Meyrick, 1921) Java. See [maps]

  • Gelechia prasinoleuca Meyrick, 1921; Zool. Meded. Leyden 6: 161; TL: Java, Preangor, 5000ft

  • Telphusa prasinoleuca; [NHM card]
• Telphusa quinquedentata (Walsingham, 1911) Mexico. See [maps]

  • Gelechia quinquedentata Walsingham, 1911; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 63, pl. 2, f. 19; TL: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000ft

  • Telphusa quinquedentata; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa retecta Meyrick, 1921 S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Telphusa retecta Meyrick, 1921; Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2): 70; TL: Natal, Karkloof

  • Telphusa retecta; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Telphusa ripula Walsingham, 1911 Guatemala. See [maps]

  • Telphusa ripula Walsingham, 1911; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 57, pl. 2, f. 16; TL: Guatemala, Totonicapam, 8500-10500ft

  • Telphusa ripula; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa sarcochroma (Walsingham, 1900) Algeria, Libya, Palestine, Sokotra. See [maps]

  • Gelechia sarcochroma Walsingham, 1900; Bull. Liverpool Mus. 3 (1): 3; TL: Sokotra, Adho Dimellus (3500ft)
  • hessi (Amsel, 1935) (Gelechia); Zoogeographica 2: 125
    • = ; [NHM, (nom. nud.) card]
  • hessi (Amsel, 1935) (Gelechia); Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 20 (2): 301
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Gelechia nigrorosea Walsingham, 1904; Ent. mon. Mag. 40: 266; TL: Algeria, Biskra; El-Kantara
    • = ; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]

  • Telphusa sarcochroma, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Telphusa sarcochroma; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]

  Larva on (for Gelechia nigrorosea) Rhus dioica Walsingham, 1904, Ent. mon. Mag. 40: 267

• Telphusa sedulitella (Busck, 1910) California, ..., British Columbia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia sedulitella Busck, 1910; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 11 (4): 181; TL: Placer Co., California
  • Telphusa agrifolia Braun, 1921; Ent. News 32 (1): 9; TL: Alameda Co., California
    • = ; [NACL], #1859; [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 55; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9

  • Telphusa sedulitella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Gelechia sedulitella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 126
  • Telphusa sedulitella; [NACL], #1859; [NHM card]; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 55; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 9

  Larva on (for Telphusa agrifolia) Quercus agrifolia Braun, 1921, Ent. News 32 (1): 9

• Telphusa semiusta Meyrick, 1922 China (Shanghai). See [maps]

  • Telphusa semiusta Meyrick, 1922; Exotic Microlep. 2 (16): 500; TL: China, Shanghai

  • Telphusa semiusta; [NHM card]
• Telphusa smaragdopis Meyrick, 1926 Costa Rica. See [maps]

  • Telphusa smaragdopis Meyrick, 1926; Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 275; TL: Costa Rica, San José

  • Telphusa smaragdopis; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa syncratopa Meyrickin, 1935 China. See [maps]

  • syncratopa Meyrickin, 1935; Mat. Microlep. Fauna chin. Prov.: 66

  • Telphusa syncratopa; [NHM card]
• Telphusa syndelta Meyrick, 1921 Rhodesia. See [maps]

  • Telphusa syndelta Meyrick, 1921; Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2): 69; TL: Rhodesia, Salisbury
  • Nothris deltocrates Meyrick, 1927; Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 352; TL: Rhodesia, Salisbury
    • = ; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]

  • Telphusa syndelta; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Telphusa tetragrapta Meyrick, 1937 India. See [maps]

  • tetragrapta Meyrick, 1937; Exotic Microlep. 5 (4-5): 121

  • Telphusa tetragrapta; [NHM card]
• Telphusa translucida (Walsingham, [1892]) Mexico, West Indies. See [maps]

  • Bryotropha translucida Walsingham, [1892]; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891: 520; TL: West Indies, St. Vincent; Dominica

  • Gelechia translucida; Walsingham, 1911, Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 64, pl. 2, f. 21
  • Telphusa translucida; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Telphusa xyloptera Meyrick, 1932 Uganda. See [maps]

  • Telphusa xyloptera Meyrick, 1932; Exotic Microlep. 4 (11): 350

  • Telphusa xyloptera; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]

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