Overview
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 < span class="toolTipElement" title="Moths ::A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.">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.
'[1]Taxonomy
The Family Gracillariidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (3): Gracillariinae · Lithocolletinae · Phyllocnistinae
- Genus (101): Acrocercops · Africephala · Amblyptila · Angelabella · Apistoneura · Apophthisis · Aristaea · Artifodina · Aspilapteryx · Borboryctis · Callicercops · Callisto · Caloptilia · Caloptillia · Calybites · Cameraria · Chileoptilia · Chilocampyla · Chrysaster · Chrysocercops · Conopobathra · Conopomorpha · Conopomorphina · Corethrovalva · Corythoxestis · Cremastobombycia · Cryptolectica · Cupedia · Cuphodes · Cyphosticha · Dekeidoryxis · Dendrorycter · Deoptilia · Dextellia · Dialectica · Diphtheroptila · Dysectopa · Ectropina · Epicephala · Epicnistis · Eteoryctis · Eucalybites · Eucosmophora · Eumetriochroa · Euprophantis · Eurytyla · Euspilapteryx · Gibbovalva · Gracilaria · Gracillaria · Graphiocephala · Guttigera · Hyloconis · Hypectopa · Ketapangia · Lamprolectica · Leucanthiza · Leucocercops · Leucospilapteryx · Liocrobyla · Macarostola · Marmara · Melanocercops · Metacercops · Metriochroa · Micrurapteryx · Monocercops · Neolithocolletis · Neurobathra · Neurolipa · Neurostrota · Oligoneurina · Ornixola · Pareclectis · Parectopa · Parornix · Penica · Philodoria · Phodoryctis · Phrixosceles · Phyllocnistis · Phyllonorycter · Pleiomorpha · Pogonocephala · Polydema · Polymitia · Polysoma · Porphyrosela · Povolnya · Prophyllocnistis · Protolithocolletis · Psydrocercops · Sauterina · Schedocercops · Semnocera · Spanioptila · Spulerina · Stomphastis · Synnympha · Systoloneura · Telamoptilia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,561 species and subspecies in the Family Gracillariidae.
Genera
Acrocercops
Acrocercops is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. [more]
Africephala
Amblyptila
Amblyptila is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. [more]
Angelabella
Apistoneura
Apistoneura is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. [more]
Apophthisis
Apophthisis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. [more]
Aristaea
Aristaea is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. [more]
Artifodina
Aspilapteryx
Aspilapteryx is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. [more]
Borboryctis
Callicercops
Callisto
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]
Caloptilia
Caloptillia
Calybites
Cameraria
Cameraria is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Chileoptilia
Chilocampyla
Chrysaster
Chrysocercops
Conopobathra
Conopomorpha
Conopomorphina
Corethrovalva
Corythoxestis
Cremastobombycia
Cryptolectica
Cupedia
Cuphodes
Cyphosticha
Dekeidoryxis
Dendrorycter
Deoptilia
Dextellia
Dialectica
Diphtheroptila
Dysectopa
Ectropina
Epicephala
Epicnistis
Eteoryctis
Eucalybites
Eucosmophora
Eumetriochroa
Euprophantis
Eurytyla
Euspilapteryx
Gibbovalva
Gracilaria
Gracilaria is a genus of red algae (Rhodophyta) notable for its economic importance as an agarophyte, as well as its use as a food for humans and various species of shellfish. Various species within the genus are cultivated among Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania. [more]
Gracillaria
Graphiocephala
Guttigera
Hyloconis
Hypectopa
Ketapangia
Lamprolectica
Leucanthiza
Leucocercops
Leucospilapteryx
Liocrobyla
Macarostola
Marmara
Melanocercops
Metacercops
Metriochroa
Micrurapteryx
Monocercops
Neolithocolletis
Neurobathra
Neurolipa
Neurostrota
Oligoneurina
Ornixola
Pareclectis
Parectopa
Parornix
Penica
Philodoria
Phodoryctis
Phrixosceles
Phyllocnistis
Phyllonorycter
Pleiomorpha
Pogonocephala
Polydema
Polymitia
Polysoma
Porphyrosela
Povolnya
Prophyllocnistis
Protolithocolletis
Psydrocercops
Sauterina
Schedocercops
Semnocera
Spanioptila
Spulerina
Stomphastis
Synnympha
Systoloneura
Telamoptilia
At least 5 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Telamoptilia.
More info about the Genus Telamoptilia may be found here.
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=61&sci=Gracillariidae&com=Leaf Blotch Miner Moths
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Callisto&search=Search
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