Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Gracillariidae
'Members of the Family
Gracillariidae are small to tiny in size, with a wingspan of 0.4-2 cm. They are usually colorful, with long fringes
on the forewing
and hindwing
. These moths have long antennae and lancelike wings
. When resting, adult
moths often elevate the front of their body, pushing the tips
of their folded wings against the surface on which they are resting. Larvae typically form blotch
mines in leaves and pupate in these mines.
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Family:
Gracillariidae
()
-
- Leaf Blotch Miner Moths
- Genus:
Cyphosticha
()
- Subgenus:
:Cryptops
()
- Specific name:
pandoxa
- Turner, 1913
- Scientific name: - Cyphosticha pandoxa Turner, 1913
- Specific name:
pandoxa
- Turner, 1913
- Subgenus:
:Cryptops
(
- Genus:
Cyphosticha
(
- Family:
Gracillariidae
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 5-April-2007
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Cyphosticha
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
- World Gracillariidae: Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Release date: April 5, 2007
- World Gracillariidae
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7621654
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Gra-12500090
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1538461
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=61&sci=Gracillariidae&com=Leaf Blotch Miner Moths [back]
