Millieriidae

Millieriidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Neolepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Clade:	Eulepidoptera
Clade:	Ditrysia
Family:	Millieriidae Stainton, 1854
Subfamilies and genera
Millieria Ragonot, 1874 Phormoestes Heppner, 1982 Nyx Heppner, 1982
Diversity[1]
3 genera and 4 species
Synonyms
Millieridae^[citation needed]

Millieriidae is a small family of moths in the lepidopteran order. It was described as by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854 as a subfamily of Choreutidae.

References

1. "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2013-06-10.

• Heppner, J.B. 1982: Millieriinae, a new subfamily of Choreutidae, with new taxa from Chile and the United States (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (370)
• Rota, J.; Kristensen, N.P. 2011: Note on taxonomic history, thoraco-abdominal articulation, and current placement of Millieriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 3032: 65–68. Preview

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