Incurvariidae Explained

Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners^[1] and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella.^[2] The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella^[3] and Phylloporia bistrigella.^[4] The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.

References

• Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp. 65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

External links

• Tree of Life
• UK Incurvariidae key
• Jeff's UK moths
• Fauna Europaea
• Natural History Museum Hosts database
• Available generic names Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
• LepIndex list of species and genera in family Incurvariidae
• UK leaf mines
• Swedish Incurvariidae
• Fauna Europaea

Notes and References

1. Web site: lepidoptera:Incurvariidae . www.leafmines.co.uk . 2007-12-02.
2. Web site: HOSTS Search criteria: Lepidoptera Family: Incurvariidae . https://archive.today/20120720192703/http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/hostplants/list.dsml?searchPageURL=browse.dsml&Family=Incurvariidae&Genus=&Species=&Country=&sort=Family . dead . July 20, 2012 . The Natural History Museum . 2007-12-02 .
3. Web site: Incurvaria masculella . UKmoths . 2007-12-02.
4. Web site: Phylloporia bistrigella . UKmoths . 2007-12-02.