Incurvariidae

Taxobox
name = Incurvariidae


image_caption = female "Incurvaria masculella"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
superordo = Amphiesmenoptera
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Glossata
cohort = Myoglossata
subcohort = Neolepidoptera
infraordo = Heteroneura
superfamilia = Incurvarioidea
familia = Incurvariidae
family_authority = Spuler, 1898
diversity = About 100 species
diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
subdivision_ranks = Genus
subdivision = "Alloclemensia" "Basileura" "Excurvaria" "Incurvaria" "Paraclemensia" "Perthida" "Phylloporia" "Procacitas" "Protaephagus" "Simacauda" "Subclemensia" "Vespina"

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 [cite web |url=http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/incurvariidae.htm |title=lepidoptera:Incurvariidae |publisher=www.leafmines.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-02] and much is known of their hostplants. [cite web |url=http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/hostplants/list.dsml?searchPageURL=browse.dsml&Family=Incurvariidae&Genus=&Species=&Country=&sort=Family |title=HOSTS Search criteria: Lepidoptera Family: Incurvariidae |publisher=The Natural History Museum |accessdate=2007-12-02] The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps "Incurvaria masculella" [cite web |url=http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=130 |title=Incurvaria masculella |publisher=UKmoths |accessdate=2007-12-02] and "Phylloporia bistrigella". [cite web |url=http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=2873 |title=Phylloporia bistrigella |publisher=UKmoths |accessdate=2007-12-02] 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

* [http://tolweb.org/Incurvariidae Tree of Life]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/britin/lep/www/incurvar.htm UK Incurvariidae key]
* [http://jeffhiggott.topcities.com/lepidoptera/systematic_list/Incurvariidae/incurvariidae1.html Jeff's UK moths]
* [http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=xxx Fauna Europaea]
* [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/hostplants/list.dsml?searchPageURL=browse.dsml&Family=Incurvariidae&Genus=&Species=&Country=&sort=Family Natural History Museum Hosts database]
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=INCURVARIOIDEA&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=Incurvariidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Available generic names Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species]
* [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/list.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&UserID=&UserName=&sort=SCIENTIFIC_NAME_on_card&Current_superfamily=Incurvarioidea&Current_family=Incurvariidae&Current_subfamily=&Current_tribe=&recLimit=30 Lepindex]
* [http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/incurvariidae.htm UK leaf mines]
* [http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/svenska_fjarilar.html#Incurvariidae Swedish Incurvariidae]
* [http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=424 Fauna Europaea]