Eriocottidae

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Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths[2] is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown. There are two subfamilies, Compsocteninae and Eriocottinae.

Eriocottidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Clade: Neolepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Tineoidea
Family: Eriocottidae
Spuler, 1898
Diversity[1]
About 6 genera and 80 species
Synonyms
  • Deuterotineidae Zagulajev 1973
  • Compsoctenidae Dierl, 1970
Eriocottidae

Systematics

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Former genera

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References

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  1. ^ "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  2. ^ "Tineoidea". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
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