Biology:Douglasiidae
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Short description: Small family of moths
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| Tinagma perdicella | |
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| Klimeschia transversella | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
- Klimeschia Amsel, 1938 Palearctic
- Protonyctia Meyrick, 1932 Ecuador
- Tinagma Zeller, 1839 (=Douglasia Stainton, 1854) Palearctic and Nearctic
- †Tanyglossus [2] Poinar, 2017 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ITIS report for Douglasiidae[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- Natural History Museum genus database
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1078371 entry
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