Kingdom Animalia Superorder Amphiesmenoptera Suborder Glossata Scientific name Gracillarioidea Rank Superfamily | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Infraorder Heteroneura Higher classification Ditrysia | |
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Lower classifications Gracillariidae, Douglasiidae, Horse‑chestnut leaf miner, Phyllocnistis citrella, Epicephala vermiformis | ||
Gracillarioidea
Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf-miners in the family Gracillariidae.
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