Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Rank Subfamily | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera | |
Similar Cosmopterigidae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxeninae, Cosmopterix, Batrachedridae | ||
The Chrysopeleiinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae, although some authors treat it as a full family, the Chrysopeleiidae.
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Distribution
The subfamily is distributed mostly in Central Asia, southern Asia, Africa and in America. In the Palearctic ecozone, over 50 species are found, with 16 species in six genera found in Europe.
Genera
Placement uncertain
The following genera are alternatively placed in the subfamily Cosmopteriginae:
Formerly placed here
References
Chrysopeleiinae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA