Family Elachistidae - Grass Miner Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Internet References

Oecophorid Moth - Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Black-marked moth - Semioscopis packardella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea

Family Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

includes former families Agonoxenidae, Ethmiidae, and part of Oecophoridae as subfamilies (Agonoxeninae, Ethmiinae, Depressariinae) of Elachistidae, according to Hodges in Kristensen (1999)

BugGuide currently follows the moth classification and nomenclature used at All-Leps.

Numbers

337 species in 5 subfamilies in North America listed at All-Leps

Internet References

common name reference [Grass Miner Moths] (David Maddison, Tree of Life, tolweb.org)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 March, 2006 - 10:19am
Last updated 4 September, 2006 - 11:50pm

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