Biology:Acrolophidae
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Short description: Moth family containing the burrowing webworm moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Acrolophinae Busck, 1912 |
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Acrolophidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. The family comprises the burrowing webworm moths and tube moths. The family holds about 300 species in five genera, which occur in the wild only in the New World.[1] It is closely related to the Tineidae family.[2]
Genera
References
- ↑ Heppner, John B. (2008), Capinera, John L., ed. (in en), Tube Moths (Lepidoptera: Acrolophidae), Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 3953–3954, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_2584, ISBN 978-1-4020-6359-6
- ↑ Deyrup, M.; Deyrup, N. D.; Eisner, M.; Eisner, T. (2005). "A Caterpillar that Eats Tortoise Shells". American Entomologist 51 (4): 245–248. doi:10.1093/ae/51.4.245. ISSN 2155-9902.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1930923 entry
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