Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Gelechiinae

• Recurvaria annulicornis (Walsingham, 1897) West Indies

  • Aristotelia annulicornis Walsingham, 1897; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 63; TL: West Indies, St. Thomas

  • Recurvaria annulicornis; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [iNaturalist]
  • Taygete annulicornis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria cinerella Chrétien, 1908 Canary Is.

  • Recurvaria cinerella Chrétien, 1908; Bull. Mus. hist. nat. Paris 14: 361

  • Recurvaria cinerella; [FE]; [LepIndex]
• Recurvaria comprobata (Meyrick, 1935) Japan, Kuriles, Primorye, Korea, China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Jilin). See [maps]

  • Telphusa comprobata Meyrick, 1935; Exotic Microlep. 4 (18-19): 584; TL: Yumoto, Japan

  • Recurvaria comprobata; Ponomarenko, Park & Bae, 2006, J. Asia-Pacif. Ent. 9 (2): 111; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Park, 2012, Ins. Fauna Korea 16 (6): 5 (list), 108; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Telphusa comprobata; Park, 1991, Ann. Hist.-nat. Mus. Hung. 83: 120; [LepIndex]

  Larva on Sorbus comixta Park, 1991, Ann. Hist.-nat. Mus. Hung. 83: 120

• Recurvaria consimilis Braun, 1930 Ohio, .... See [maps]

  • Recurvaria consimilis Braun, 1930; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 56 (1): 5; TL: Mineral Springs, Adams Co., Ohio

  • Recurvaria consimilis; [NACL], #1781 (mispl.); Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Recurvaria costimaculella Huemer & Karsholt, 2001

  • Recurvaria costimaculella Huemer & Karsholt, 2001; Nota lepid. 24 (3): 42, f. 1, 9-10; TL: Sicilia, Mistretta Mercuore, 700m

  • Recurvaria costimaculella; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; [FE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
• Recurvaria dryozona (Meyrick, 1916) Ceylon, Bengal. See [maps]

  • Epithectis dryozona Meyrick, 1916; Exot. Microlep. 1 (18): 567; TL: Ceylon, Madulsima; Bengal, Pusa

  • Recurvaria dryozona; [LepIndex]
• Recurvaria eromene (Walsingham, 1897) West Indies

  • Aristotelia eromene Walsingham, 1897; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 64; TL: West Indies, St. Thomas; St. Croix

  • Recurvaria eromene; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [iNaturalist]
  • Taygete eromene; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria febriculella (Zeller, 1877) Colombia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Teleia) febriculella Zeller, 1877; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 341, pl. 4, f. 111; TL: Bogotá

  • Recurvaria febriculella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria filicornis (Zeller, 1877) Colombia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Teleia?) filicornis Zeller, 1877; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 350, pl. 5, f. 117

  • Recurvaria filicornis; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria flagellifer Walsingham, 1910 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria flagellifer Walsingham, 1910; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 45; TL: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000ft

  • Coleotechnites flagellifer; [LepIndex]
  • Recurvaria flagellifer; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [CoL]
• Recurvaria francisca Keifer, 1928 California. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria francisca Keifer, 1928; Pan-Pacific Ent. 4 (3): 130

  • Recurvaria francisca; [NACL], #1782; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Recurvaria insequens Meyrick, 1931 Brazil. See [maps]

  • insequens Meyrick, 1931; Exotic Microlep. 4 (2-4): 56

  • Recurvaria insequens; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria intermissella (Zeller, 1877) Brazil. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Teleia) intermissella Zeller, 1877; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 347, pl. 4, f. 115

  • Clistothyris intermissella; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Recurvaria intermissella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Recurvaria kittella (Walsingham, 1897) Haiti

  • Aristotelia kittella Walsingham, 1897; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 65; TL: West Indies, Haiti

  • Recurvaria kittella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Recurvaria leucatella (Clerck, 1759) EU, Turkey, C.Asia. See [maps] Lesser Budmoth

  • Phalaena leucattella [= leucatella] Clerck, 1759; Icon. Ins. rariorum: pl. 11, f. 3
  • Phalaena (Tinea) leucatella Linnaeus, 1761; Fauna Suecica (Edn 2): 369 (emend.)
    • = ; [ME3], 37
  • Erminea leucatea [= leucatella] Haworth, 1828; Lepid. Britannica (4): 514 (emend.)
    • = ; [ME3], 37, 25
  • Lita albo-cingulella [= albocingulella] Duponchel, 1839; Hist. Nat. Lépid. Fr. 11: 330, pl. 298, f. 13
    • = ; [ME3], 37, 25; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53

  • Recurvaria leucatella; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; [ME3], 37, 25; [FE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [SVF]

  Larva on Amelanchier ovalis, Crataegus , C. monogyna, C. laevigata, Malus , M. domestica, M. pumila, M. sylvestris, Prunus , P. domestica, P. spinosa, P. communis, Sorbus , S. aucuparia, S. chamaemespilus, S. torminalis [ME3]: 38

• Recurvaria melanostictella (Zeller, 1877) Colombia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Teleia?) melanostictella Zeller, 1877; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 351, pl. 5, f. 118; TL: Bogotá

  • Recurvaria melanostictella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria merismatella (Zeller, 1877) Colombia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Teleia?) merismatella Zeller, 1877; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 352, pl. 5, f. 119; TL: Bogotá

  • Recurvaria merismatella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria nanella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) NAF, CEU, SEU, C.Asia, .... See [maps]

  • Tinea nanella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 141
  • Tinea pumilella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 141
    • = ; [ME3], 35, 25; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7
  • Recurvaria nana [= nanella] Haworth, 1828; Lepid. Britannica (4): 554 (emend.)
    • = ; [ME3], 35, 25; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7
  • Recurvaria crataegella Busck, 1903; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304): 811; TL: Hazleton, Pennsylvania
    • = ; [NACL], #1783; [ME3], 35, 25; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53
    • = (srataegella); Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7
  • Recurvaria nanella unicolor Rebel, 1927; Bull. Soc. ent. Egypte 10: 188
    • = ; [ME3], 35, 25; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7

  • Recurvaria crataegella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 40
  • Recurvaria nanella; [NACL], #1783; [ME3], 35, 25; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7; [FE]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF]

  Larva on Betula , Corylus , Amelanchier ovalis, Chaenomeles , Cotoneaster , Crataegus , C. monogyna, C. laevigata, Cydonia , Malus , M. domestica, M. ringoM. sylvestris, Prunus , P. armeniaca, P. avium, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. mahaleb, P. persica, P. spinosa, P. triloba, Pyrus communis, Sorbus [ME3]: 37

• Recurvaria nothostigma Meyrick, 1914 British Guiana. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria nothostigma Meyrick, 1914; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914: 233; TL: British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali

  • Recurvaria nothostigma; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria ochrospila Meyrick, 1934 India. See [maps]

  • ochrospila Meyrick, 1934; Exotic Microlep. 4 (16-17): 510

  • Recurvaria ochrospila; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria ornatipalpella (Walsingham, 1897) West Indies

  • Aristotelia ornatipalpella Walsingham, 1897; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 64; TL: West Indies, Grenada

  • Recurvaria ornatipalpella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Taygete ornatipalpella; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria ostariella (Walsingham, 1897) West Indies

  • Aristotelia ostariella Walsingham, 1897; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 65; TL: West Indies, St. Thomas

  • Recurvaria ostariella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Taygete ostariella; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria penetrans Meyrick, 1923 Brazil (Amazonas). See [maps]

  • Recurvaria penetrans Meyrick, 1923; Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 13; TL: Brazil, Teffé

  • Coleotechnites penetrans; [LepIndex]
  • Recurvaria penetrans; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [CoL]
• Recurvaria picula Walsingham, 1910 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria picula Walsingham, 1910; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 46, pl. 2, f. 6; TL: Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova

  • Recurvaria picula; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria pleurosaris Meyrick, 1923 Brazil (Amazonas). See [maps]

  • Recurvaria pleurosaris Meyrick, 1923; Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 14; TL: Brazil, Parintins, Obidos

  • Coleotechnites pleurosaris; [LepIndex]
  • Recurvaria pleurosaris; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [CoL]
• Recurvaria putella Busck, 1914 Panama. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria putella Busck, 1914; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2043): 11; TL: Paraiso, Isthmian Canal Zone, La Chorrera, Panama

  • Recurvaria putella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 118; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria rhicnota Walsingham, 1910 Guatemala. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria rhicnota Walsingham, 1910; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 44, pl. 2, f. 4; TL: Guatemala, Las Mercedes, 3000ft

  • Recurvaria rhicnota; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria rhombophorella (Zeller, 1877) Colombia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Teleia) rhombophorella Zeller, 1877; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 344, pl. 4, f. 113; TL: Bogotá

  • Recurvaria rhombophorella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria sartor Walsingham, 1910 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria sartor Walsingham, 1910; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 44, pl. 2, f. 7; TL: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000ft

  • Recurvaria sartor; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria saxea Meyrick, 1923 Brazil (Para). See [maps]

  • Recurvaria saxea Meyrick, 1923; Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 14; TL: Brazil, Para

  • Recurvaria saxea; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria senariella (Zeller, 1877) Colombia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Teleia) senariella Zeller, 1877; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 346, pl. 4, f. 114; TL: Chipo

  • Arogalea senariella; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Recurvaria senariella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Recurvaria stibomorpha Meyrick, 1929 S.Ontario. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria stibomorpha Meyrick, 1929; Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 484; TL: Canada, Toronto and Parry Sound

  • Recurvaria stibomorpha; [NACL], #1784; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Recurvaria sticta Walsingham, 1910 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria sticta Walsingham, 1910; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 46; TL: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000ft

  • Clistothyris sticta; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Recurvaria sticta; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Recurvaria synestia Meyrick, 1939 Argentina. See [maps]

  • synestia Meyrick, 1939; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 89 (4): 53

  • Recurvaria synestia; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria taphiopis Meyrick, 1929 S.Ontario. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria taphiopis Meyrick, 1929; Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 485; TL: Canada, Toronto

  • Recurvaria taphiopis; [NACL], #1785; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]
• Recurvaria thiodes Meyrick, 1917 Colombia. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria thiodes Meyrick, 1917; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1): 38; TL: Colombia, La Crumbre, 6600ft

  • Recurvaria thiodes; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Taygete thiodes; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria thomeriella (Chrétien, 1901) S.France, Spain. See [maps]

  • Teleia thomeriella Chrétien, 1901; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1901: 11

  • Recurvaria thomeriella; [ME3], 38, 25; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; [FE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Teleiodes thomeriella; [LepIndex]

  Larva on Prunus spinosa [ME3]: 38

• Recurvaria thysanota Walsingham, 1910 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria thysanota Walsingham, 1910; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 45, pl. 2, f. 5; TL: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000ft

  • Coleotechnites thysanota; [LepIndex]
  • Recurvaria thysanota; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [CoL]
• Recurvaria toxicodendri Kuznetsov, 1979

  • Recurvaria toxicodendri Kuznetsov, 1979; Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr. 81: 87

  • Recurvaria toxicodendri; Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Recurvaria trigonophorella (Zeller, 1877) Colombia. See [maps]

  • Gelechia (Teleia) trigonophorella Zeller, 1877; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 343, pl. 4, f. 112; TL: Bogotá

  • Recurvaria trigonophorella; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Recurvaria vestigata Meyrick, 1929 S.Ontario. See [maps]

  • Recurvaria vestigata Meyrick, 1929; Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 485; TL: Canada, Toronto

  • Clistothyris vestigata; [LepIndex]
  • Recurvaria vestigata; [NACL], #1786 (mispl.); Lee & Brown, 2008, Zootaxa 1818: 53; Lee, Hodges & Brown, 2009, Zootaxa 2231: 7; [iNaturalist]
• Recurvaria xanthotricha Meyrick, 1917 Peru. See [maps]

  • xanthotricha Meyrick, 1917; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1): 38

  • Clistothyris xanthotricha; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Recurvaria xanthotricha; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]

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