Acrolophinae Explained

Acrolophinae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera.^{[1] [2]} The subfamily comprises the burrowing webworm moths and tube moths and holds about 300 species in five genera, which occur in the wild only in the New World. It is closely related to the family Tineidae.^[3]

Genera

• Acrolophus
• Amydria
• Drastea
• Exoncotis
• Ptilopsaltis

External links

• Acrolophidae
• Tree of Life

Notes and References

1. van Nieukerken . Erik J. . Lauri . Kaila . Ian J. . Kitching . Niels P. . Kristensen . David C. . Lees . Joël . Minet . Charles . Mitter . Marko . Mutanen . Jerome C. . Regier . Thomas J. . Simonsen . Niklas . Wahlberg . Shen-Horn . Yen . Reza . Zahiri . etal . Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 . Zootaxa . 23 December 2011 . 3148 . Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness . 212–221 . Zhi-Qiang . Zhang . Zootaxa . 2 February 2023 . 10 June 2014 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140610073925/http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p221.pdf . live .
2. A molecular phylogeny and revised classification for the oldest ditrysian moth lineages (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea), with implications for ancestral feeding habits of the mega-diverse Ditrysia . 2015 . Regier . Jerome C. . Mitter . Charles . Davis . Donald R. . Harrison . Terry L. . Sohn . JAE-Cheon . Cummings . Michael P. . Zwick . Andreas . Mitter . KIM T. . Systematic Entomology . 40 . 2 . 409–432 . 10.1111/syen.12110 . 85287782 .
3. Deyrup. M.. Deyrup. N. D.. Eisner. M.. Eisner. T.. 2005. A Caterpillar that Eats Tortoise Shells. American Entomologist. 51. 4. 245–248. 10.1093/ae/51.4.245. 2155-9902. free.