Superfamily Gracillarioidea - Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

A Caloptilia sp. - Caloptilia belfragella

Schneck Forest leaf miner on Verbesina alternifolia SF3 2016 1 - Cremastobombycia

Yellow-Brown Caloptilia sp. - Caloptilia

Tiny white moth - Phyllocnistis vitifoliella? - Phyllocnistis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

New superfamily (Davis & Robinson. 1999) since Hodges et al. 1983 (1)

Explanation of Names

Gracillarioidea from the type genus Gracilaria (Zeller), Latin meaning "graceful, slender." (2)

Numbers

Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily composed of four families. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf-miners in the family Gracillariidae. - Wikipedia & TOL

Food

These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars.

Print References

Davis, D.R. & G.S. Robinson. 1999. The Tineoidea and Gracillarioidea. Pp. 91-117 In: N.P. Kristensen (editor). De Gruyter Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Vol. IV, Part 35. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York

Internet References

Gracillarioidea - Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	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 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 18 March, 2016 - 10:45am

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