Ethmiinae

Ethmiinae
	Adult Ethmia quadrillella; at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Glossata
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Division:	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Depressariidae
Subfamily:	Ethmiinae; Busck, 1909
Synonyms
	; Azinidae Walsingham, 1906; Ethmiadae Meyrick, 1909; Ethmiinae Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954 (but see text);

The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.^[2]

Genera

Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):^[2]

Agrioceros
Betroka
Erysiptila
Ethmia
Macrocirca
Pseudethmia
Pyramidobela (sometimes placed in the Oecophoridae (or Oecophorinae, if the Ethmiidae are included in Oecophoridae as subfamily).^[2]
Sphecodora

Media related to Ethmiinae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ethmiidae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.