Incurvariidae

Incurvariidae
	Female Incurvaria masculella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Adeloidea
Family:	Incurvariidae; Spuler, 1898
Genera
	Alloclemensia; Basileura; Crinopteryx (disputed); Incurvaria; Paraclemensia; Perthida; Phylloporia; Procacitas; Protaephagus; ?Rhathamictis; Simacauda; Subclemensia; Tridentaforma; Vespina; †Incurvarites; †Prophalonia
Diversity
	11 genera and 51 species

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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.

References

^ 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

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

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[1] Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera

[2] "lepidoptera:Incurvariidae". www.leafmines.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-02.

[3] "HOSTS Search criteria: Lepidoptera Family: Incurvariidae". The Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-02.

[4] "Incurvaria masculella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.

[5] "Phylloporia bistrigella". UKmoths. Retrieved 2007-12-02.

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