Tineoidea
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Acrolophidae |
Tineoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it[1], Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, whose relationships are currently uncertain.
[edit] Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002