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| taxon = Acrolophidae
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Acrolophinae
Acrolophus species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Acrolophinae
Busck, 1912
Genera

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Acrolophidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. The family comprises the burrowing webworm moths and tube moths. The family holds about 300 species in five genera, which occur in the wild only in the New World.[1] It is closely related to the Tineidae family.[2]

Genera

References

  1. ^ Heppner, John B. (2008), Capinera, John L. (ed.), "Tube Moths (Lepidoptera: Acrolophidae)", Encyclopedia of Entomology, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 3953–3954, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_2584, ISBN 978-1-4020-6359-6, retrieved 2020-08-05
  2. ^ Deyrup, M.; Deyrup, N. D.; Eisner, M.; Eisner, T. (2005). "A Caterpillar that Eats Tortoise Shells". American Entomologist. 51 (4): 245–248. doi:10.1093/ae/51.4.245. ISSN 2155-9902.