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Gracillariinae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Gracillarioidea > Family Gracillariidae > Subfamily Gracillariinae

(From Wikipedia) Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

FACT: Despite often requiring specific host plants to survive, leaf miner moths can be found on every continent except Antarctica!

Currently discovered: 1/~55 Genera

Genus

  1. Caloptilia