Ethmiinae

Ethmiinae
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: Depressariidae
Subfamily: Ethmiidae
Busck, 1909
Synonyms

[1]
Azinidae Walsingham, 1906
Ethmiadae Meyrick, 1909
Ethmiinae Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954 (but see text)

The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.[2]

Genera

Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):[2]

References

  1. See references in Savela (2003)
  2. 1 2 3 Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in Savela (2003)

Media related to Ethmiinae at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Ethmiidae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.

Further reading

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