Teleiopsis
Sattler, 1960
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1Teleiopsis is a of small in the Gelechiidae, first described by Sattler in 1960. The genus contains eleven recognized with a predominantly Holarctic distribution centered around the Mediterranean region. Larvae of at least one species (Teleiopsis diffinis) have been documented as leaf-miners, though biological data for most species remains limited.
Pronunciation
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Distribution
Holarctic distribution with Mediterranean region as center of evolution; recorded from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- The Holarctic genus Teleiopsis: host-plants, biogeography and cladistics (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
- Teleiopsis diffinis (Haworth, 1828) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): larvae found mining leaves of Rumex acetosa L. in Devon, England; behaviour and foodplant apparently not previously published