Douglasiidae

Douglasiidae is a small Lepidopteran family including around 28 species of micromoth whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths. The largest genus in the family is Tinagma. They are primarily found in the Palearctic (20 spp.) and Nearctic realms.The adults have a 6 to 15 mm wingspan, with a reduced hindwing venation and long fringes. The larvae are leaf miners or borers, primarily in stems and petioles, belonging to Boraginaceae, Labiatae, and Rosaceae.[1]

Douglasiidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Tinagma perdicella
Klimeschia transversella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Clade: Neolepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Clade: Apoditrysia
Family: Douglasiidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Genera

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Genera
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References
  1. Heppner, John B. (2004), "Douglas Moths (Lepidoptera: Douglasiidae)", Encyclopedia of Entomology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 720–720, doi:10.1007/0-306-48380-7_1289, ISBN 978-0-7923-8670-4, retrieved 2020-02-23
  2. Jr, George Poinar (2019-08-09). "A new genus of moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea: Douglasiidae) in Myanmar amber". Historical Biology. 31 (7): 898–902. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1402016. ISSN 0891-2963.


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