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

A Caloptilia sp. - Caloptilia belfragella Azalea Leafminer, 0592 - Caloptilia azaleella Caloptilia violacella for May - Caloptilia violacella St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus laevis SA1454 Bucculatrix 2018 2 - Bucculatrix ochrisuffusa St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1523 2019 3 - Neurobathra strigifinitella Sandhills Gamelands stem miner on Eupatorium compositifolium D2579 2020 1 - Marmara Cameraria bethunella Buxton woods leaf miner Caloptilia species on Cornus foemina D4611 adult 2023 1 - Caloptilia belfragella
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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.