Leaf-mining-moths

Guides

  • Acrocercopinae

    Acrocercopinae is a subfamily of leaf-mining moths in the family Gracillariidae, established by Kawahara & Ohshima in 2016. The subfamily contains approximately 30 genera including Acrocercops, Cryptolectica, Dialectica, and Spulerina. Species in this subfamily are known from Australia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and other regions. Recent taxonomic revisions using museomics and mitogenomics have clarified species boundaries and reclassified some Australian species previously placed in Ornixolinae.

  • Fomoria

    Fomoria is a genus of minute moths in the family Nepticulidae, established by Beirne in 1945. These moths are part of the diverse microlepidoptera fauna. The genus has been historically treated as a subgenus within Ectoedemia in some classifications. Fomoria species are found in the Northern Hemisphere with records from Europe and North America.