Apocheima
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"Phigalia" redirects here. The elachistid moth
Elachistidae
| image = Elachista rufocinerea 2.jpg| image_width = 240px| image_caption = Adult Elachista rufocinerea,demonstrating its tiny size versus an aphid and a spider mite | regnum = Animalia| phylum = Arthropoda| classis = Insecta...

 genus invalidly named thus by Chambers in 1880 is nowadays considered a junior synonym of
Elachista
Elachista
Elachista is a genus of gelechioid moths. It is the type genus of the grass-miner moth family . This family is sometimes circumscribed very loosely, including for example the Agonoxenidae and Ethmiidae which seem to be quite distinct among the Gelechioidea, as well as other lineages which are...

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Apocheima is a genus of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 in the family Geometridae.

Species

  • Apocheima cinerarium (Erschov, 1874)
  • Apocheima denticulata (Hulst, 1900)
  • Apocheima djakonovi (Moltrecht, 1933)
  • Apocheima hispidaria
    Apocheima hispidaria
    The Small Brindled Beauty is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Spain through central Europe to Russia. In the north, the range extends to southern Sweden. In the south, it is found on all of the Balkan Peninsula up to the Black Sea.The wingspan is 28-35 mm...

    – Small Brindled Beauty (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Apocheima pilosaria – Pale Brindled Beauty (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Apocheima plumogeraria (Hulst, 1888)
  • Apocheima strigataria (Minot, 1869)
  • Apocheima titea (Cramer, 1780)
  • Apocheima verecundaria Leech, 1897
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