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'''Acrolophidae''' is a family of [[moth]]s in the order [[Lepidoptera]]. The family comprises the '''burrowing webworm moths''' and holds about 300 [[species]] in five [[genera]], which occur in the wild only in the [[New World]]. |
'''Acrolophidae''' is a family of [[moth]]s 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]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Heppner|first=John B.|title=Tube Moths (Lepidoptera: Acrolophidae)|date=2008|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_2584|work=Encyclopedia of Entomology|pages=3953–3954|editor-last=Capinera|editor-first=John L.|place=Dordrecht|publisher=Springer Netherlands|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_2584|isbn=978-1-4020-6359-6|access-date=2020-08-05}}</ref> It is closely related to the [[Tineidae]] family.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Deyrup|first=M.|last2=Deyrup|first2=N. D.|last3=Eisner|first3=M.|last4=Eisner|first4=T.|date=2005|title=A Caterpillar that Eats Tortoise Shells|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ae/51.4.245|journal=American Entomologist|volume=51|issue=4|pages=245–248|doi=10.1093/ae/51.4.245|issn=2155-9902}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Acrolophinae Busck, 1912[1] |
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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.[2] It is closely related to the Tineidae family.[3]
Genera
References
- ^ Davis, D. R. (2010) Acrolophida[permanent dead link] at Leptree.net
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
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