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Glyphipterigidae

Glyphipterigidae
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Glyphipterix thrasonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Stainton, 1854
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Aechmiidae Bruand, 1850

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Glyphipterigidae is a family of small moths commonly known as sedge moths as the larvae of many species feed on sedges and rushes. More than 500 species have been described in the family.


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