Douglasiidae

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Douglasiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Gracillarioidea
Family: Douglasiidae

The small Lepidopteran family Douglasiidae includes several species of moths whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths and whose larvae are leaf miners. The largest genus in the family is Tinagma.

Genera and selected species:

  • Douglasia
  • Klimeschia
  • Klimeschia transversella
  • Protonyctia
  • Tinagma
  • Tinagma anchusella
  • Tinagma balteolellum
  • Tinagma californicum
  • Tinagma dryadis
  • Tinagma gaedikei
  • Tinagma obscurofasciella
  • Tinagma ocnerostomella
  • Tinagma perdicella
  • Tinagma powelli
  • Tinagma pulverilineum


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