Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jun 7, 2026

Incurvariidae

Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised. Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella. The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella and Phylloporia bistrigella. The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.

Last revised
Jun 7, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
293 w
Citations
5
Source
Wikipedia ↗
Incurvariidae
Female Incurvaria masculella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Adeloidea
Family: Incurvariidae
Spuler, 1898
Genera

Alloclemensia
Basileura
Crinopteryx (disputed)
Incurvaria
Paraclemensia
Perthida
Phylloporia
Procacitas
Protaephagus
?Rhathamictis
Simacauda
Subclemensia
Tridentaforma
Vespina
†Incurvarites
†Prophalonia

Diversity1
11 genera and 51 species

Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners2 and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella.3 The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella4 and Phylloporia bistrigella.5 The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.

References

References

  1. Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera
  2. "lepidoptera:Incurvariidae". www.leafmines.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  3. "HOSTS Search criteria: Lepidoptera Family: Incurvariidae". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2007-12-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Incurvaria masculella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  5. "Phylloporia bistrigella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  • Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp. 65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
External links