Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Oecophoridae
'The Oecophoridae are a large family
of the Superfamily
Gelechioidea. Adults
of are very small to medium-sized, with wingspans ranging from 0.3 to 3 cm. Moths have smooth-scaled heads
and broad forewings
. Larvae usually feed
concealed in webs or in rolled leaves of the host plant. Larvae of some species feed on dead leaves, decomposing animals, or decaying fungi. Pupation occurs in the larval shelters
, on the ground
, or below its surface.
'[1]
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
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Suborder:
Glossata
()
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Gelechioidea
()
- Family:
Oecophoridae
()
- Concealer Moths
- Genus:
Denisia
()
- Hübner, 1825
- Specific name:
aragonella
- (Chrétien, 1903)
- Scientific name: - Denisia aragonella (Chrétien, 1903)
- Specific name:
aragonella
- (Chrétien, 1903)
- Genus:
Denisia
(
- Family:
Oecophoridae
(
- Superfamily:
Gelechioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Suborder:
Glossata
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Denisia
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 21, 2012.
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16502328
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 816191
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=26&sci=Oecophoridae&com=Oecophorid Moths [back]
