Family

Gracillariidae (Leaf blotch miner moths)

Micrurapteryx salicifoliella. Photo: (c) Stephen Luk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
        Superfamily: Gracillarioidea
        Family: Gracillariidae (Leaf blotch miner moths)
        Subfamily: Ornixolinae (2)
        Subfamily: Phyllocnistinae (1)
        Subfamily: Marmarinae (1)
        Subfamily: Acrocercopinae (1)
        Subfamily: Lithocolletinae (2)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Ornixolinae

Subfamily: Phyllocnistinae

Subfamily: Marmarinae

Subfamily: Acrocercopinae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

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Discussion

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