Incurvariidae
Incurvariidae | |
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Female Incurvaria masculella | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Adeloidea |
Family: | Incurvariidae Spuler, 1898 |
Genera | |
Alloclemensia | |
Diversity[1] | |
11 genera and 51 species |
Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners[2] and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella.[3] The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella[4] and Phylloporia bistrigella.[5] The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.
References[]
- ^ Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera
- ^ "lepidoptera:Incurvariidae". www.leafmines.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ "HOSTS Search criteria: Lepidoptera Family: Incurvariidae". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ "Incurvaria masculella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ "Phylloporia bistrigella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp. 65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
External links[]
- Tree of Life
- UK Incurvariidae key
- Jeff's UK moths
- Fauna Europaea
- Natural History Museum Hosts database
- Available generic names Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
- LepIndex list of species and genera in family Incurvariidae
- UK leaf mines
- Swedish Incurvariidae
- Fauna Europaea
Media related to Incurvariidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Incurvariidae at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Incurvariidae
- Moth families
- Adeloidea stubs