Millieriidae
Appearance
Millieriidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Clade: | Neolepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
Clade: | Ditrysia |
Family: | Millieriidae Stainton, 1854 |
Subfamilies and genera | |
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Diversity[1] | |
3 genera and 4 species | |
Synonyms | |
Millieridae[citation needed] |
Millieriidae is a small family of moths in the lepidopteran order. It was described as by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854 as a subfamily of Choreutidae.
References
- Heppner, J.B. 1982: Millieriinae, a new subfamily of Choreutidae, with new taxa from Chile and the United States (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (370)
- Rota, J.; Kristensen, N.P. 2011: Note on taxonomic history, thoraco-abdominal articulation, and current placement of Millieriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 3032: 65–68. Preview