Gelechiidae
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Gelechiidae
| image = Chrysoesthia drurella.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Chrysoesthia drurella
| regnum = Animalia
| divisio = Microlepidoptera
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| subordo = Ditrysia
| superfamilia = Gelechioidea
| familia = Gelechiidae
| familia_authority = Stainton, 1854
| type_species = Gelechia rhombella
| diversity = 507 genera
4,530 species
| diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision =
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}}
The Gelechiidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths).
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Harmful Gelechiids
- Anacampsis sarcitella, pack moth
- Anarsia lineatella, peach twig borer
- Pectinophora gossypiella - pink bollworm, larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
- Phthorimaea operculella - potato tuber moth
- Sitotroga cerealella - Angoumois grain moth
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Beneficial Gelechiids
- Metzneria paucipunctella - Knapweed seed head moth, used to control Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
