GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE
(smudge and fanner micro-moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ACROLEPIINAE
a subfamily of smudge micro-moths
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 10 images
Acrolepiopsis
a genus of smudge micro-moths
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
GLYPHIPTERIGINAE
fanner micro-moths
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 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 26 images 1 ident. refs
Orthotelia sparganella
Reed Smudge
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyGLYPHIPTERIGIDAE (smudge and fanner micro-moths)
SuperfamilyYPONOMEUTOIDEA (small ermine, bent-wing, ermel and smudge micro-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

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE (smudge and fanner 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 GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE (smudge and fanner micro-moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE (smudge and fanner micro-moths)
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