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Ethmiinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Infraorder
  
Heteroneura

Scientific name
  
Ethmiinae

Rank
  
Subfamily

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Suborder
  
Glossata

Division
  
Ditrysia

Higher classification
  
Depressariidae

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Similar
  
Elachistidae, Batrachedridae, Butterflies and moths, Agonoxeninae, Epermeniidae

The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.

Genera

Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):

  • Agrioceros
  • Betroka
  • Erysiptila
  • Ethmia
  • Macrocirca
  • Pseudethmia
  • Pyramidobela (sometimes placed in the Oecophoridae (or Oecophorinae, if the Ethmiidae are included in Oecophoridae as subfamily).
  • Sphecodora

    • References

    Ethmiinae Wikipedia
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