LYONETIIDAE
(bent-wing micro-moths)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLYONETIIDAE (bent-wing 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

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

LYONETIIDAE (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 LYONETIIDAE (bent-wing micro-moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LYONETIIDAE (bent-wing micro-moths)
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