Symmocinae
The Symmocinae are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. These small moths are found mainly in the Palearctic and Africa.
In modern treatments, they are usually united with the concealer moth family Autostichidae.
History of classification
They have traditionally been considered close relatives of the Blastobasidae, where they were sometimes included as subfamily Symmocinae. In arrangements that include the former in the case-bearer family as subfamily Blastobasinae, the Symmocidae were usually treated as tribe Symmocini. Alternatively, they have been united with the Holcopogonidae; in such a treatment the combined group is typically not included in the concealer moth family but treated as distinct family Autostichidae or Symmocidae, with the respective subfamilies downranked to tribes. Another group proposed to be a close relative is the Xyloryctinae, usually included in the Oecophoridae wherever the Symmocidae are. More recently, with additional data and molecular phylogenetic analyses becoming available, the Symmocidae are reinstated as a family in their own right, pending further study of gelechioid interrelationships.Regardless of their systematic position and taxonomic rank, the group was usually divided into two groups, one centered on Oegoconia and the other encompassing those genera closer to Symmoca. The former is called Oegoconiinae or Oegoconiini and the latter Symmocinae or Symmocini, depending on whether the overall group is treated as family or subfamily. While the overall circumscription and the relationships of the Symmocidae are essentially unresolved, the Oegoconiinae-Symmocinae subdivision seems to be quite well warranted.
Taxonomy and systematics
Genera of Symmocinae are:SymmociniAmbloma Walsingham, Amselina Gozmány, 1957Apiletria Lederer, 1855Aprominta Gozmány, 1957Catasphalma Gozmány, 1957Chersogenes Walsingham, 1908Donaspastus Gozmány, 1952Dysspastus Gozmány, 1964Epanastasis Walsingham, 1908Metaxitagma Gozmány, 1985Nukusa Gozmány, 1963Orpecacantha Gozmány, 2008Orpecovalva Gozmány, 1964Pantacordis Gozmány, 1954Stibaromacha Meyrick, 1928Symmoca Hübner, 1825Symmocoides Amsel, 1939Telephirca Gozmány, 1957
Unknown placementAcrosyntaxis Gozmány, 1957Afrosymmoca Gozmány, 1966Aspronympha Gozmány, 2008Chionellidea Amsel, 1940Concordaxis Gozmány, 2008Cornusymmoca Gozmány, 1965Dyscordaxis Gozmány, 1975Eremica Walsingham, 1904Eremicamura Gozmány, 1962Gerdana Busck, 1908Hecestoptera Gozmány, 1961Hieronala Gozmány, 1963Indiospastus Gozmány, 1967Kertomesis Gozmány, 1962Kullashara Gozmány, 1963Leilaptera Gozmány, 1963Morotripta Meyrick, 1917Mylothra Meyrick, 1907Nastoceras Chrétien in Oberthür, 1922Nestorellus Gerasimov, 1930
- †Oegoconiites Kusnetsov, 1941Pecteneremus Gozmány, 1963Sagarancona Gozmány, 1964Sceptea Walsingham, 1911Serendipitia Gozmány, 2008Spinitibia Lee & Brown, 2010Symmacantha Gozmány, 1963
- †Symmocites Kusnetsov, 1941Synchordaxis Gozmány, 2008Syssymmoca Gozmány, 1963Taygete Chambers, 1873Tenieta Amsel, 1942Xenoplaxa Gozmány, 1963