Tineoidea Explained

Tineoidea is the ditrysian superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it,^[1] Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, whose relationships are currently uncertain.

The Lypusidae, for example, might belong to the Gelechioidea.^[2]

Some authors merge the Tineoidea and all or part of the Gracillarioidea; in this case the Tineoidea sensu stricto are downranked to a series Tineiformes.

References

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole,, 2002

External links

• Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae

Notes and References

1. Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Tineoidea. Version 1 January 2003 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Tineoidea/12060/2003.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project
2. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00483.x . 35 . Reassessment of the enigmatic Lepidopteran family Lypusidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea; Gelechioidea) . 2009 . Systematic Entomology . 71–89 . Heikkilä . Maria. 84025464 .