Ethmiinae

Ethmiinae
Adult Ethmia quadrillella at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Subfamily:	Ethmiinae Busck, 1909
Synonyms[1]
Azinidae Walsingham, 1906 Ethmiadae Meyrick, 1909 Ethmiinae Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954 (but see text)

The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.[2]

Genera

Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):[2]

• Agrioceros
• Betroka
• Erysiptila
• Ethmia
• Macrocirca
• Pseudethmia
• Pyramidobela (sometimes placed in the Oecophoridae (or Oecophorinae, if the Ethmiidae are included in Oecophoridae as subfamily).[2]
• Sphecodora

References

1. See references in Savela (2003)
2. Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in Savela (2003)

• Media related to Ethmiinae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ethmiidae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.

Further reading

• "Ethmiinae Busck, 1909" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 16, 2017.