- Elachistidae
Taxobox
name = Elachistidae
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Elachista rufocinerea "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
subordo =Ditrysia
superfamilia = Gelechioidea
familia = Elachistidae
familia_authority = Bruand, 1851
type_species = "Elachista bifasciella"
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Annettenia "
"Aphelosetia "
"Aphigalia "
"Araucarivora "
"Aristoptila "
"Atachia "
"Atmozostis "
"Atrinia "
"Austriana "
"Biselachista "
"Bradleyana "
"Calamograptis "
"Canariana "
"Cleroptila "
"Cosmiotes "
"Cryphioxena "
"Dibrachia "
"Dicasteris "
"Dicranoctetes "
"Donacivola "
"Elachista "
"Elachistites "
"Elachistoides "
"Eretmograptis "
"Eupneusta "
"Euproteodes "
"Gibraltarensis "
"Habeleria "
"Hecista "
"Hemiprosopa "
"Holstia"
"Illantis "
"Irenicodes "
"Kumia "
"Kuznetzoviana "
"Mendesia "
"Microperittia "
"Microplitica "
"Mylocrita "
"Myrrhinitis "
"Ogmograptis "
"Onceroptila "
"Palaeoelachista "
"Paraperittia "
"Perittia "
"Perittoides "
"Petrochroa "
"Phaneroctena "
"Phthinostoma "
"Platyphyllis "
"Polymetis "
"Praemendesia "
"Pretoriana "
"Proterochyta "
"Ptilodoxa "
"Sineviana "
"Sruogania "
"Stephensia "
"Swezeyula "
"Symphoristis "
"Triboloneura "
"Whitebreadia "The Elachistidae are a family of
Lepidoptera (moth s).Larvae have a wide variety of habits including leaf tiers, seed borers, and leaf or stem miners.
References
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?FAMILY=elachist&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&beginIndex=0&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3delachist%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d30%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith&listPageURL=GenusList3%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3delachist%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d30%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
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