Harpella forficella (Scopoli, 1763)
(a micro-moth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Harpella forficella (a micro-moth)
Tribe	Oecophorini (tubic moths)
Subfamily	OECOPHORINAE (streak and tubic moths)
Family	OECOPHORIDAE (streak and tubic moths)
Superfamily	GELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Harpella forficella is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Gelechioidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
New To Britain
	Percival, N.J. & Harvey, M.C.	2011	Harpella forficella (Scopoli) (Lep: Oecophoridae) new to the UK	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 220, Front cover, Plate 15.

Harpella forficella (a micro-moth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

OECOPHORIDAE
(streak and tubic moths)

GELECHIOIDEA
(a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Harpella forficella (a micro-moth)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Harpella forficella (a micro-moth)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Harpella forficella is also a member of:

Identification Works

New To Britain

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