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Family Urodidae - False Burnet Moths

moth - Wockia asperipunctella Urodus parvula Black moth - Urodus parvula Pyralid - Wockia asperipunctella CaterpillarTBID07172014 - Urodus parvula Bumelia Webworm Moth - Hodges #2415 - Urodus parvula Pupae baskets - Urodus parvula Pennsylvania Moth - Wockia asperipunctella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Urodoidea (False Burnet Moths)
Family Urodidae (False Burnet Moths)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly placed in the Ermine Moths, Yponomeutidae.
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists one genus, Urodus, with one North American species.
The family contains 65 species worldwide, with only that one North American species, according to North Dakota State University's Key to the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera.