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Family Elachistidae - Grass Miner Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Elachista Mine in grass leaf - Elachista Apple Pith Moth - Blastodacna atra 6 mm Moth - Blastodacna atra Linnaeus's Spangle-wing moth? - Chrysoclista linneella Moth Blastodacna altra ? - Blastodacna atra Elachistidae, Grass Miner Moth, dorsal - Perittia herrichiella
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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)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Elachistidae Bruand, 1850
* includes former families Agonoxenidae, Ethmiidae, and part of Oecophoridae as subfamilies (Agonoxeninae, Ethmiinae, Depressariinae) of Elachistidae, according to Hodges in Kristensen (1999)
Explanation of Names
Elachistidae from type genus Elachista (Treitschke), Greek meaning "very small." (1)
Numbers
About 337 species in 5 subfamilies in North America.
Food
Larvae are leaf tiers, leaf rollers, leaf miners, seed feeders, stem borers, or external feeders on many dicots and monocots.
Internet References
common name reference [Grass Miner Moths] (David Maddison, Tree of Life, tolweb.org)
Mississippi State U.
Wikipedia
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.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 March, 2006 - 10:19am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 July, 2014 - 8:51pm

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