Ypsolophidae
| Ypsolophidae | |
|---|---|
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| Ypsolopha asperella from Germany | |
.JPG) | |
| Ochsenheimeria taurella from Cerreto, Italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Yponomeutoidea |
| Family: | Ypsolophidae Guenée, 1845 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Ypsolophidae is a family of moths that belongs within the superfamily Yponomeutoidea.[1]
The family was erected in 1845 by Achille Guenée, a French entomologist and lawyer. They are included within the family Plutellidae by many authors.
Taxonomy
The family contains more than 90 genera and around 360 species that are divided into two subfamilies, Ypsolophinae and Ochsenheimeriinae, and various genera that are currently unassigned to a subfamily. A list of genera and their assignment can be found below:[1]
Ypsolophinae
Ochsenheimeriinae
- Ochsenheimeria Hübner, 1825
The following genera are not assigned to a subfamily:
- Alapa
- Bhadorcosma
- Bhadorcosma lonicerae Moriuti, 1977
- Euceratia
- Euceratia castella Walsingham, 1881
- Euceratia securella Walsingham, 1881
- Rhabdocosma
- Rhabdocosma aglaophanes Meyrick, 1935
- Rhabdocosma dolini Gershenson, 2001
References
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- 1 2 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.
- Ypsolopha at funet. Retrieved on Oct 13 2007.
- Plutellidae collection of the Siberian Zoological Museum
- Ypsolophidae at Japanese Moths