Ethmiinae

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Ethmiinae
Ethmia.quadrillella.jpg
Adult Ethmia quadrillella
at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes)
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Ethmiidae

Busck, 1909
Synonyms

[1]
Azinidae Walsingham, 1906
Ethmiadae Meyrick, 1909
Ethmiinae Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954 (but see text)

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The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.[2]

Genera

Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):[2]

References

  1. See references in Savela (2003)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in Savela (2003)

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Ethmiidae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.

Further reading

  • Savela, Markku (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Ethmiinae [sic]. Version of 2003-DEC-29. Retrieved 2010-APR-21.

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