Aeolanthes is a genus of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea.

Aeolanthes
Aeolanthes brochias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Subfamily: Aeolanthinae
Kuznetzov & Stekolnikov, 1984
Genus: Aeolanthes
Meyrick, 1907

Its relationships are enigmatic – many authors separate it in a monotypic subfamily Aeolanthinae, but there is disagreement over whether to place them in the Elachistidae, Lecithoceridae or Oecophoridae. Recent studies place it in the Depressariidae.

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