Depressariidae

Depressariidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Depressariidae
Meyrick, 1883

Depressariidae is a family of moths. It has formerly been treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2300 species worldwide.[1]

Subfamilies

Depressaridae consists of ten subfamilies:

References

  1. Heikkilä, M. et al. 2014: Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). Cladistics, 30(6): 563-589. doi:10.1111/cla.12064
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