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OECOPHORIDAE (a family of micro-moths)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Genus Agonopterix (flat-body moth moths) 8 45 2   8
Species Alabonia geoffrella Linnaeus (a micro-moth)   1      
Genus Batia (a genus of micro-moths) 1        
Species Batia unitella Hubner (a micro-moth)   6      
Species Carcina quercana Fabricius (a micro-moth)   2      
Genus Depressaria (a genus of micro-moths) 2 23 14   1
Species Diurnea fagella Denis & Schiffermuller (a micro-moth)   28 3 1  
Species Endrosis sarcitrella Linnaeus (White-shouldered House-moth)   14 1    
Species Esperia sulphurella Fabricius (a micro-moth)   26     1
Species Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stainton (Brown House Moth)   6      
Species Semioscopis avellanella Hubner (a micro-moth)   3 1    

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. (Eds), 2002 Oecophoridae to Scythrididae except Gelechiidae (vol 4(1))
The leaf and stem mines of British flies and oher insects (TEST VERSION): http://www.ukflymines.co.uk (leaf/stem mining species) Web Site/Page

OECOPHORIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with OECOPHORIDAE:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Actia crassicornis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993

Oecophoridae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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