List of moths of Australia (Incurvariidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the Family
Incurvariidae
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
The following species belong to the family Incurvariidae, but have not been assigned to a genus yet. Given here is the original name given to the species when it was first described:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Incurvariidae
Incurvariidae
Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised . Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their hostplants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella . The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
- Perthida glyphopa Common, 1969
- Perthida pentaspila (Meyrick, 1916)
- Perthida phoenicopa (Meyrick, 1893)
- Perthida tetraspila (Lower, 1905)
The following species belong to the family Incurvariidae, but have not been assigned to a genus yet. Given here is the original name given to the species when it was first described:
- Tinea aelurodes Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea epimochla Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea incredibilis Meyrick, 1920
- Tinea microspora Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea monopthalma Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea nectarea Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea phauloptera Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea spodina Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea vetula Meyrick, 1893