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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Bristle-legged Moths (Schreckensteinioidea) » Bristle-legged Moths (Schreckensteiniidae)

Family Schreckensteiniidae - Bristle-legged Moths

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References
Moth Schreckensteinia spp - Schreckensteinia erythriella A Micro Moth - Schreckensteinia erythriella Schreckensteinia erythriella, 2507 - Schreckensteinia erythriella MN Aug - Schreckensteinia erythriella Schreckensteinia festaliella unknown insect - Schreckensteinia erythriella moth on fleabane - Schreckensteinia erythriella Schreckensteinia festaliella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Schreckensteinioidea (Bristle-legged Moths)
Family Schreckensteiniidae (Bristle-legged Moths)
Numbers
1 genus in North America listed at All-Leps
this is the only North American family in the superfamily Schreckensteinioidea
Remarks
see genus page for info on North American species
Internet References
Wikipedia: Schreckensteinioidea
detailed description of family (L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz, British Insects: the families of Lepidoptera, delta-intkey.com)
common name reference (John Heppner, Florida, troplep.org)
4 live adult images of Schreckensteinia festaliella (Frithjof Kohl, Germany)
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 May, 2007 - 2:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 31 May, 2007 - 8:13pm

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