Elachistidae

Elachistidae
Elachista rufocinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Ditrysia Superfamily: Gelechioidea Family: Elachistidae Bruand, 1851
Type species
Elachista bifasciella
Genera
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 (moths).

Larvae have a wide variety of habits including leaf tiers, seed borers, and leaf or stem miners.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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