Biology:Douglasiidae

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Short description: Small family of moths

Douglasiidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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Tinagma perdicella
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Klimeschia transversella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Clade: Coelolepida
Clade: Myoglossata
Clade: Neolepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Clade: Apoditrysia
Family: Douglasiidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
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Douglasiidae is a small Lepidopteran family including around 28 species of micromoth whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths. The largest genus in the family is Tinagma. They are primarily found in the Palearctic (20 spp.) and Nearctic realms. The adults have a 6 to 15 mm wingspan, with a reduced hindwing venation and long fringes. The larvae are leaf miners or borers, primarily in stems and petioles, belonging to Boraginaceae, Labiatae, and Rosaceae.[1]

Genera

References

  1. Heppner, John B. (2004) (in en), Douglas Moths (Lepidoptera: Douglasiidae), Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 720, doi:10.1007/0-306-48380-7_1289, ISBN 978-0-7923-8670-4 
  2. Poinar, George Jr. (2019-08-09). "A new genus of moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea: Douglasiidae) in Myanmar amber". Historical Biology 31 (7): 898–902. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1402016. ISSN 0891-2963. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1078371 entry