Kingdom Animalia Suborder Glossata Scientific name Schreckensteiniidae Rank Family | Class Insecta Infraorder Heteroneura Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Superfamily Schreckensteinioidea
Fletcher, 1929 Similar Epermeniidae, Douglasiidae, Urodidae, Batrachedridae, Ypsolophidae | ||
Schreckensteinioidea is a superfamily in the insect order Lepidoptera containing a single family, Schreckensteiniidae, or "bristle-legged moths", because of the stout spines on the hindlegs. The relationships of this family within the group Apoditrysia[1] are currently uncertain. One of the species, the blackberry skeletoniser (Schreckensteinia festaliella), is widespread and common across Europe and has been introduced as a biological control to Hawaii, whilst three species of Corsocasis occur in South East Asia (Dugdale et al., 1999).
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