Eriocottidae
| Eriocottidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Tineoidea |
| Family: | Eriocottidae Spuler, 1898 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| About 6 genera and 80 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths[2] is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown. There are two subfamilies, Compsocteninae and Eriocottinae.
Systematics
- Eriocottinae
- Compsocteninae Dierl, 1970
Former genera
- Picrospora (transferred to Psychidae)
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