Commented checklist of European Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera)

Abstract

The checklist of European Gelechiidae covers 865 species, belonging to 109 genera, with three species records which require confirmation. Further, it is the first checklist to include a complete coverage of proved synonyms of species and at generic level. The following taxonomic changes are introduced: <i>Pseudosophronia constanti</i> (Nel, 1998) <b>syn. nov.</b> of <i>Pseudosophronia exustellus</i> (Zeller, 1847), <i>Metzneria expositoi</i> Vives, 2001 <b>syn. nov.</b> of <i>Metzneria aestivella</i> (Zeller, 1839); <i>Sophronia ascalis</i> Gozmány, 1951 <b>syn. nov.</b> of <i>Sophronia grandii</i> Hering, 1933, <i>Aproaerema incognitana</i> (Gozmány, 1957) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema cinctelloides</i> (Nel & Varenne, 2012) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema azosterella</i> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema montanata</i> (Gozmány, 1957) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema cincticulella</i> (Bruand, 1851) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema buvati</i> (Nel, 1995) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema linella</i> (Chrétien, 1904) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema captivella</i> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema semicostella</i> (Staudinger, 1871) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema steppicola</i> (Junnilainen, 2010) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Aproaerema cottienella</i> (Nel, 2012) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Ptocheuusa cinerella</i> (Chrétien, 1908) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Pragmatodes melagonella</i> (Constant, 1895) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Pragmatodes albagonella</i> (Varenne & Nel, 2010) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Pragmatodes parvulata</i> (Gozmány, 1953) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx nigromaculella</i> (Millière, 1872) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx wilkella</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx ochricapilla</i> (Rebel, 1903) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx superbella</i> (Zeller, 1839) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx mirusella</i> (Huemer & Karsholt, 2013) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx baldizzonei</i> (Karsholt & Huemer, 2013) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx occidentella</i> (Huemer & Karsholt, 2011) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx libertinella</i> (Zeller, 1872) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx gemerensis</i> (Elsner, 2013) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx deserta</i> (Piskunov, 1990) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx unicolorella</i> (Duponchel, 1843) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx nigritella</i> (Zeller, 1847) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx plumbella</i> (Heinemann, 1870) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx isostacta</i> (Meyrick, 1926) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx helotella</i> (Staudinger, 1859) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx parahelotella</i> (Nel, 1995) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>Oxypteryx graecatella</i> (Šumpich & Skyva, 2012) <b>comb. nov.</b>; <i>Aproaerema genistae</i> (Walsingham, 1908) <b>comb. rev.</b>, <i>Aproaerema thaumalea</i> (Walsingham, 1905) <b>comb. rev.</b>; <i>Dichomeris neatodes</i> Meyrick, 1923 <b>sp. rev.</b>; <i>Caryocolum horoscopa</i> (Meyrick, 1926) <b>stat. rev.</b>; <i>Ivanauskiella occitanica</i> (Nel & Varenne, 2013) <b>sp. rev.</b>; <i>Apodia martinii</i> Petry, 1911 <b>sp. rev.</b>; <i>Caulastrocecis cryptoxena</i> (Gozmány, 1952) <b>sp. rev.</b> Following Article 23.9.2 ICZN we propose <i>Caryocolum blandella</i> (Douglas, 1852) (<i>Gelechia</i>) <b>nom. protectum</b> and <i>Caryocolum signatella</i> (Eversmann, 1844) (<i>Lita</i>) <b>nom. oblitum.</b>