Douglasiidae
| Douglasiidae Temporal range: | |
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| Tinagma perdicella | |
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| Klimeschia transversella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Family: | Douglasiidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 |
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Douglasiidae is a small Lepidopteran family.[2][3][4] It includes around 32 species[2] of micromoth whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths, after British lepidopterist and hemipterist John William Douglas.[5] The largest genus in the family is Tinagma.[2] They are primarily found in the Palearctic realm,[5] with some Nearctic species.[4] The adults have a 6 to 15 mm wingspan, with a reduced hindwing venation and long fringes. The larvae are leaf miners or borers, primarily in stems and petioles, belonging to Boraginaceae, Labiatae, and Rosaceae.[5]
Genera
[edit]There are three extant genera:[2]
- Klimeschia Amsel, 1938 – Palearctic
- Protonyctia Meyrick, 1932 – Ecuador
- Tinagma Zeller, 1839 (=Douglasia Stainton, 1854) – Palearctic and Nearctic
One genus is known from the fossil record:[1]
- †Tanyglossus Poinar, 2017 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar;[6] its placement in the family Douglasiidae was contested by Yagi (2026).[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Family Douglasiidae Heinemann and Wocke 1876". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Douglasiidae". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.347. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Douglasiidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- 1 2 "Family Douglasiidae". microleps.org. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- 1 2 3 Heppner, John B. (2004), "Douglas Moths (Lepidoptera: Douglasiidae)", Encyclopedia of Entomology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 720, doi:10.1007/0-306-48380-7_1289, ISBN 978-0-7923-8670-4
- ↑ Poinar, George Jr. (2019-08-09). "A new genus of moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea: Douglasiidae) in Myanmar amber". Historical Biology. 31 (7): 898–902. Bibcode:2019HBio...31..898P. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1402016. S2CID 90933225.
- ↑ Yagi, Sadahisa (2026). "Discovery of a new species of Douglasiidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 (Lepidoptera) in Japan". Nota Lepidopterologica. 49: 97–108. doi:10.3897/nl.49.186673.
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