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Oecophoridae

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Also known as concealer moths

Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.

Species

concealer moths

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyOecophoridae
Observations recorded406,177

Ширококрылые моли, или экофориды (лат. Oecophoridae), — семейство молевидных бабочек, включающее в себя более чем 3300 видов.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,017
With media
82
Family
Oecophoridae
Collections
ECOSUR, DMNS, MSU
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gelechioidea
Image
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taxon rank
family
Commons category
Oecophoridae
topic's main category
Category:Oecophoridae
taxon name
Oecophoridae
taxon common name
prydmøll
taxon synonym
Metachandidae
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy and systematics
  • Relationship with humans
  • Footnotes
  • References

Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.

==Taxonomy and systematics== Pleurotinae Toll, 1956 Deuterogoniinae Spuler, 1910 Unplaced Colchia Lvovsky, 1995

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oecophoridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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