Xenolechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. The genus is distributed in Eurasia and North America. Host plants are known from families Ericaceae, Fagaceae, and Rhamnaceae.
Species There are eleven recognized species: Xenolechia aethiops (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845) Xenolechia basistrigella (Zeller, 1873) Xenolechia ceanothiae Priest, 2014 Xenolechia ceanothiella (Braun, 1921) Xenolechia lindae Huemer & Karsholt, 1999 Xenolechia ontariensis Keifer, 1933 Xenolechia pseudovulgella Huemer & Karsholt, 1999 Xenolechia querciphaga Keifer, 1933 Xenolechia staspa Opler, 1974 Xenolechia taphiopis (Meyrick, 1929) Xenolechia velatella Busck, 1907
X. taphiopis may also be included in Recurvaria as Recurvaria taphiopis.
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