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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Phyllocnistinae

Subfamily Phyllocnistinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Phyllocnistis ex Parthenocissus - Phyllocnistis St. Andrews leaf miner on Magnolia grandiflora SA158 Phyllocnistis liriodendronella maybe 2015 5 - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella Micro-moth ID Request - Phyllocnistis insignis Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Muscadinia rotundifolia Phyllocnistis vitigenella 2018 10 - Phyllocnistis vitegenella Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Phyllocnistis Phyllocnistis vitifoliella? - Phyllocnistis vitifoliella Phyllocnistis sp. moth - Phyllocnistis Phyllocnistis insignis
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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)
Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Subfamily Phyllocnistinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Considered by some to be a separate family, Phyllocnistidae.
In a recent classification (1), Marmarinae, Oecophyllembiinae, and Phyllocnistinae s. str. are treated as tribes within Phyllocnistinae.
Explanation of Names
From the type genus Phyllocnistis, Greek meaning "leaf scraper." (2)
Numbers
One genus in North America, Phyllocnistis.
Works Cited
1.An illustrated catalogue of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with new data on primary types
De Prins et al. 2019. Zootaxa.
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 Charley Eiseman on 15 May, 2012 - 3:37pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 April, 2019 - 7:39am

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