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.
| Incurvariidae | |
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| Female Incurvaria masculella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Adeloidea |
| Family: | Incurvariidae Spuler, 1898 |
| Genera | |
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Alloclemensia | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 11 genera and 51 species | |
References
edit- ^ Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera
- ^ "lepidoptera:Incurvariidae". www.leafmines.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ "HOSTS Search criteria: Lepidoptera Family: Incurvariidae". The Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ "Incurvaria masculella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Tree of Life
- UK Incurvariidae key Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Jeff's UK moths
- Fauna Europaea
- Natural History Museum Hosts database
- Available generic names Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
- LepIndex list of species and genera in family Incurvariidae
- UK leaf mines
- Swedish Incurvariidae
- Fauna Europaea
- Media related to Incurvariidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Incurvariidae at Wikispecies
