BUCCULATRICIDAE
(a family of bent-wing micro-moths)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBUCCULATRICIDAE (a family of bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1985 Cossidae to Helionidinidae (vol 2) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 2, 460pp, Harley Books

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Dickerson, B. 2007 The identification of leaf-mining Lepidoptera http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Mine_Guide.htm
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

BUCCULATRICIDAE (a family of bent-wing micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BUCCULATRICIDAE (a family of bent-wing micro-moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BUCCULATRICIDAE (a family of bent-wing micro-moths)
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