| Ethmiinae | |
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| Adult Ethmia quadrillella at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ethmiinae Busck, 1909 |
| Synonyms1 | |
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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.2
Genera
Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):2
- Agrioceros
- Betroka
- Erysiptila
- Ethmia
- Macrocirca
- Pseudethmia
- Pyramidobela (sometimes placed in the Oecophoridae (or Oecophorinae, if the Ethmiidae are included in Oecophoridae as subfamily).2
- Sphecodora
References
References
- See references in Savela (2003)
- Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in Savela (2003)
- Media related to Ethmiinae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Ethmiidae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.
Further reading
Further reading
- "Ethmiinae Busck, 1909" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 16, 2017.