Tineoidea
| Tineoidea | |
|---|---|
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| Nemapogon granellus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Tineoidea Latreille, 1810 |
| Families | |
| Diversity | |
| 4,200 species | |
Tineoidea is the ditrysian superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it,[1] Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, whose relationships are currently uncertain.
Multiple studies showed that members of the Tineoidea are paraphyletic, that is, they are not closely related as they seem, hence their taxonomy requires revision.[2] The Lypusidae, for example, might belong to the Gelechioidea.[3] Some authors merge the Tineoidea and all or part of the Gracillarioidea; in this case the Tineoidea sensu stricto are downranked to a series Tineiformes.
References
[edit]- ^ Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Tineoidea. Version 1 January 2003 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Tineoidea/12060/2003.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project
- ^ Chen, Qi (11 May 2025). "Phylogenomic data exploration with increased sampling provides new insights into the higher‐level relationships of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution – via Wiley Online.
- ^ Heikkilä, Maria (2009). "Reassessment of the enigmatic Lepidopteran family Lypusidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea; Gelechioidea)". Systematic Entomology. 35: 71–89. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00483.x. S2CID 84025464.
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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