Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Lyonetiidae
Sign in to saveLyonetiidae is a family of moths with around 200 described species. These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed apices noticeably up- or down-turned. The larvae are leaf miners.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 303 inbound references to Lyonetiidae, and connects out to butterfly, Lasiocampidae and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Lyonetiidae, Moth genera and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.
Vinony links it to 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLyonetiidae
Les Lyonetiidae sont une famille d'insectes de l'ordre des Lépidoptères.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 199
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Lyonetiidae
- Collections
- MSU, GMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Yponomeutoidea
- Image
- Lyonetia.clerkella4.-.lindsey.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Lyonetiidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Lyonetiidae
- taxon name
- Lyonetiidae
- taxon common name
- sølvmøll
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Genera
- References
Lyonetiidae is a family of moths with around 200 described species. These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed apices noticeably up- or down-turned. The larvae are leaf miners.
The families Bucculatricidae and Bedelliidae are sometimes considered subfamilies of Lyonetiidae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lyonetiidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
Available in 21 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- العربية
- Belarusian
- Catalan
- Cebuano
- Egyptian Arabic
- Hungarian
- Lithuanian
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Svenska
- Türkçe
- Uzbek
- Waray
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0