Lyonetiidae
| Lyonetiidae | |
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| Lyonetia prunifoliella imago | |
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| mines of Lyonetia clerkella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Yponomeutoidea |
| Family: | Stainton, 1854 |
| Genera | |
| See text | |
Lyonetiidae is a family of moths with around 200 described species.[1] These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed apices noticeably up- or down-turned. The larvae are leaf miners.
The families Bucculatricidae and Bedelliidae are sometimes considered subfamilies of Lyonetiidae.
Genera
- Acanthocnemes
- Arctocoma
- Atalopsycha
- Busckia
- Cateristis
- Chrysolytis
- Cladarodes
- Compsoschema
- Copobathra
- Crobylophora
- Cycloponympha
- Daulocoma
- Diplothectis
- Erioptris
- Eulyonetia
- Exegetia
- Hierocrobyla
- Leioprora
- Leucoedemia
- Leucoptera
- Lyonetia
- Micropostega
- Microthauma
- Orochion
- Otoptris
- Petasobathra
- Phyllobrostis
- Platacmaea
- †Prolyonetia
- Prytaneutis
- Stegommata
- Taeniodictys
References
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- ^ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.41.