Glyphipterigidae

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Glyphipterigidae
Glyphipterix thrasonella
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Glyphipterigidae

Stainton, 1854
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Aechmiidae Bruand, 1850

Glyphipterigidae is a family of small moths commonly known as sedge moths as the larvae of many species feed on sedges and rushes. More than 500 species have been described in the family.[1]

Genera

Selected former genera

References

  1. ^ van Nieukerken; et al. (2011). "Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 212–221.