Subfamily Attevinae - Tropical Ermine Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Yponomeutoidea

Family Yponomeutidae (Ermine Moths)

Subfamily Attevinae (Tropical Ermine Moths)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly placed in a separate family (Attevidae) by some authors; recent consensus of three taxonomists places the genus Atteva in the family Yponomeutidae, subfamily Attevinae (Butterflies & Moths of the World)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 8 July, 2005 - 9:30pm
Last updated 8 July, 2005 - 10:34pm

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