Elachistidae

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Elachistidae
Elachista rufocinerea
Elachista rufocinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Elachistidae
Bruand, 1851
Type species
Elachista bifasciella
Genera

Annettenia
Aphelosetia
Aphigalia
Araucarivora
Aristoptila
Atachia
Atmozostis
Atrinia
Austriana
Biselachista
Bradleyana
Calamograptis
Canariana
Cleroptila
Cosmiotes
Cryphioxena
Dibrachia
Dicasteris
Dicranoctetes
Donacivola
Elachista
Elachistites
Elachistoides
Eretmograptis
Eupneusta
Euproteodes
Gibraltarensis
Habeleria
Hecista
Hemiprosopa
Holstia
Illantis
Irenicodes
Kumia
Kuznetzoviana
Mendesia
Microperittia
Microplitica
Mylocrita
Myrrhinitis
Ogmograptis
Onceroptila
Palaeoelachista
Paraperittia
Perittia
Perittoides
Petrochroa
Phaneroctena
Phthinostoma
Platyphyllis
Polymetis
Praemendesia
Pretoriana
Proterochyta
Ptilodoxa
Sineviana
Sruogania
Stephensia
Swezeyula
Symphoristis
Triboloneura
Whitebreadia

The Elachistidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths).

Larvae have a wide variety of habits including leaf tiers, seed borers, and leaf or stem miners.

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Arthropoda - Insecta - Families of Lepidoptera Monarch Butterfly
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