Ethmiidae
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Ethmiidae | |
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Adult Ethmia quadrillella at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Suborder: | Glossata |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
Division: | Ditrysia |
Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
Family: | Ethmiidae (disputed) Busck, 1909 |
Synonyms | |
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Ethmiidae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.[2]
Genera
A mere 7 genera are presently placed here; numerous others are nowadays considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):[2]
Pyramidobela is sometimes placed here, but more often in Oecophoridae (or Oecophorinae, if Ethmiidae are included in Oecophoridae as subfamily).[2]
Footnotes
References
Media related to Ethmiidae at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Ethmiidae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.
- Savela, Markku (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms โ Ethmiinae [sic]. Version of 2003-DEC-29. Retrieved 2010-APR-21.
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