Subfamily Elachistinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)

Subfamily Elachistinae

Explanation of Names

Elachistinae from type genus Elachista (Treitschke), Greek meaning "very small." (1)

Identification

"The Elachistinae are characterized by hindwing veins Rs and M1 being long-stalked and by absence of maxillary palpi in the pupa" (2).

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M. and Kaila, L. 2014. Cladistics 30: 563–589.

Contributed by tom murray on 4 January, 2008 - 8:17pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 7 January, 2017 - 8:32pm

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