Douglasiidae
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The small Lepidoptera
n family Douglasiidae includes several species of moths whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths and whose larvae are leaf miner
s. The largest genus in the family is Tinagma.
Genera and selected species:
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
n family Douglasiidae includes several species of moths whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths and whose larvae are leaf miner
Leaf miner
Leaf miner is a term used to describe the larvae of many different species of insect which live in and eat the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths , sawflies and flies , though some beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior.Like Woodboring beetles, leaf...
s. The largest genus in the family is Tinagma.
Genera and selected species:
- Douglasia
- Klimeschia
- Klimeschia transversella
- Protonyctia
- Tinagma
- Tinagma anchusella
- Tinagma balteolellum
- Tinagma californicum
- Tinagma dryadis
- Tinagma gaedikei
- Tinagma obscurofasciella
- Tinagma ocnerostomella
- Tinagma perdicella
- Tinagma powelli
- Tinagma pulverilineum