Ethmiinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of moths}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Ethmia.quadrillella.jpg
| image_caption = Adult Ethmia quadrillella
at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes)
| taxon = Ethmiinae
| authority = Busck, 1909
| synonyms =
- Azinidae Walsingham, 1906
- Ethmiadae Meyrick, 1909
- Ethmiinae Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954 (but see text)
| synonyms_ref = See references in Savela (2003)
}}
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.Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in Savela (2003)
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
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- {{Wikispecies-inline|Ethmiidae}} See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.
Further reading
- [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/ethmiinae/ "Ethmiinae Busck, 1909"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
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