Deltophora

Deltophora is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was originally described from South Africa and based on a taxonomic revision contains about 20 species on all continents except Antarctica.[2] Host plants of larvae and adults are only known for two Chinese species of Deltophora.[3] These two species feed on two species of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae), which are their exclusive hosts for both the larval stage and as a nectar-source for the adults. Molecular data support the placement of Deltophora in the Gelechiidae.[2]

Deltophora
Deltophora sella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Deltophora Janse 1950[1]

Species

• peltosema species-group
  • Deltophora angulella Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora distinctella Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora diversella Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora fasciella Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora peltosema (Lower, 1900)
  • Deltophora typica Sattler, 1979
• maculata species-group
  • Deltophora beatrix Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora maculata (Staudinger, 1879)
  • Deltophora pauperella Sattler, 1979
• stictella species-group
  • Deltophora stictella (Rebel, 1927)
• korbi species-group
  • Deltophora korbi (Caradja, 1920)
• glandiferella species-group
  • Deltophora glandiferella (Zeller, 1873)
  • Deltophora sella (Chambers, 1874)
• flavocincta species-group
  • Deltophora caymana Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora duplicata Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora flavocincta Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora lanceella Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora minuta Sattler, 1979
  • Deltophora suffusella Sattler, 1979
• unknown species-group
  • Deltophora digitiformis Li, Li & Wang, 2002
  • Deltophora fuscomaculata Park, 1988
  • Deltophora gielisia Hull, 1995
  • Deltophora quadrativalvata Li, Li & Wang, 2002

Former species

• Deltophora abrupta Omelko, 1995 is Epichostis abrupta (Omelko, 1995)

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Sattler K. (1979). A taxonomic revision of the genus Deltophora Janse, 1950 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bull Br Mus (Nat Hist), Entomol Ser 38: 263–322.
3. Luo, Shixiao; Li, Yongquan; Chen, Shi; Zhang, Dianxiang; Renner, Susanne S. (2011). "Gelechiidae Moths Are Capable of Chemically Dissolving the Pollen of Their Host Plants: First Documented Sporopollenin Breakdown by an Animal". PLOS ONE. 6 (4): e19219. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...619219L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019219. PMC 3084278. PMID 21552530.

• Lee, S.; Hodges, R.W.; Brown, R.L. 2009: Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39. Abstract & excerpt
• Li, Z.-D. ; H.-H. Li & S.-X. Wang, 2002: A systematic study on the genus Deltophora Janse from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 27 (1): 129-135.