Pseuderotis
Clarke, 1956
Species Guides
1Pseuderotis is a of small established by Clarke in 1956. The genus contains three described : P. cannescens, P. obiterella, and P. thamnolopha. Taxonomic placement has varied across sources, with the genus assigned to Depressariidae, Peleopodidae, or Oecophoridae in different classifications. The genus is rarely encountered, with only nine observations recorded on iNaturalist.
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Taxonomic Uncertainty
-level classification of Pseuderotis remains unsettled. Sources place this in Depressariidae (Wikipedia), Peleopodidae (Catalogue of Life, iNaturalist), or Oecophoridae (GBIF). These families are all within the superfamily Gelechioidea, and the discrepancies reflect ongoing revisions in gelechioid .
Species Composition
The comprises three : Pseuderotis cannescens Clarke, 1956 (type species), P. obiterella (Busck, 1908), and P. thamnolopha (Meyrick, 1932). The latter two species were transferred from other genera.