Biology:Incurvariidae

Short description: Family of moths

Incurvariidae
Female Incurvaria masculella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Adeloidea
Family:	Incurvariidae Spuler, 1898
Genera
Alloclemensia Basileura Crinopteryx (disputed) Incurvaria Paraclemensia Perthida Phylloporia Procacitas Protaephagus ?Rhathamictis Simacauda Subclemensia Tridentaforma Vespina †Incurvarites †Prophalonia
Diversity
11 genera and 51 species

Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella. The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella and Phylloporia bistrigella. The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.

References

• Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp. 65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

External links

• Tree of Life
• UK Incurvariidae key
• Jeff's UK moths
• Fauna Europaea
• Natural History Museum Hosts database
• Available generic names Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
• LepIndex list of species and genera in family Incurvariidae
• UK leaf mines
• Swedish Incurvariidae
• Fauna Europaea

Wikidata ☰ Q247371 entry