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Family Elachistidae - Grass Miner Moths

Bird Dropping Moth - Antaeotricha Poison Hemlock Moth - Agonopterix alstroemeriana Bird Dropping Moth - Antaeotricha schlaegeri Moth - Elachista bird dropping moth? - Antaeotricha Moth with a Mohawk - 2 - Antaeotricha Ethmia marmorea - Hodges #1004 - Ethmia marmorea - female Unknown Moth
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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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