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Paratemelia

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Paratemelia
Scientific classification
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Family:
Oecophoridae (disputed)
Subfamily:
Amphisbatinae (but see text)
Genus:
Paratemelia

Lvovsky, 2007[1]
Type species
Paratemelia namibiella
Lvovsky, 2007
Species

Numerous, see text

Paratemelia is a genus of gelechioid moths. In the systematic layout used here, it is placed in the subfamily Amphisbatinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Delimitation of Amphisbatinae versus the close relatives Depressariinae and Oecophorinae is a major problem of Gelechioidea taxonomy and systematics, and some authors separate the former two as full-blown families, and/or include the Amphisbatinae in Depressariinae (or Depressariidae), or merge them in the Oecophorinae outright.

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