Musotima nitidalis Walker
(Marbled Fern)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Musotima nitidalis (Marbled Fern)
Family	CRAMBIDAE (crambid moths)
Superfamily	PYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most 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)

Musotima nitidalis is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Pyraloidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Musotima nitidalis (Marbled Fern) :
1: Musotima nitidalis (Marbled Fern)
20 Oct 2018	OSGR: SU20	50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: South Hants (VC 11)	England
at MV light

Musotima nitidalis (Marbled Fern) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CRAMBIDAE
(crambid moths)

PYRALOIDEA
(grass and meal 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 Musotima nitidalis (Marbled Fern)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Musotima nitidalis (Marbled Fern)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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