Incurvariidae

Incurvariidae

Incurvariidae

Family of moths

Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners[2] and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella.[3] The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella[4] and Phylloporia bistrigella.[5] The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.

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References

  1. [1]
    Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera
  2. [2]
    "lepidoptera:Incurvariidae". www.leafmines.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  3. [3]
    "HOSTS Search criteria: Lepidoptera Family: Incurvariidae". The Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  4. [4]
    "Incurvaria masculella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  5. [5]
    "Phylloporia bistrigella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  • Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp. 65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.


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