Ethmiinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Depressariidae
Subfamilia: Ethmiinae
Genera: Agrioceros – Betroka – Erysiptila – Ethmia – Macrocirca – Pseudethmia – Pyramidobela – Sphecodora
Name

Ethmiinae Busck, 1909
Synonyms

Ethmiidae Busck, 1909: 91.

References
Primary references

Busck, A. 1909. Notes on microlepidoptera, with descriptions of new North American species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 11: 87–103. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M. & Kaila, L. 2014. Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). Cladistics 30(6): 563–589. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12064 Reference page.
Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum. [1]
Shovkoon, D.F. 2010. New and little-known Ethmiidae (Gelechioidea) from Central Asia. Nota Lepidopterologica 32(1): 135 – 154.

Vernacular names
čeština: Skvrnuškovití
lietuvių: Juodataškės čiuopiklinės kandys
中文: 草蛾科

The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.[2]
Genera

Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):[2]

Agrioceros
Betroka
Erysiptila
Ethmia
Macrocirca
Pseudethmia
Pyramidobela (sometimes placed in the Oecophoridae (or Oecophorinae, if the Ethmiidae are included in Oecophoridae as subfamily).[2]
Sphecodora

References

See references in Savela (2003)

Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in Savela (2003)

Media related to Ethmiinae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ethmiidae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.