Pterolonchidae
Sign in to savePterolonchidae is a small family of very small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. There are species native to every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyPterolonchidae
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Pterolonchidae is a small family of very small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. There are species native to every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
==Taxonomy and systematics== As of 2014 the family may be considered to consist of the following seven genera: Anathyrsa Meyrick, 1920 - 1 species Coelopoeta Walsingham, 1907 - 3 species Houdinia Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006 - 1 species Homaledra Busck, 1900 - 4 species Plexippica Meyrick, 1912 - 2 species Pterolonche Zeller, 1847 - 7 species Syringopais Hering, 1919 - 1 species