Douglasiidae is a small Lepidopteran family including around 28 species of micromoth whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths. The largest genus in the family is Tinagma. They are primarily found in the Palearctic (20 spp.) and Nearctic realms. 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.[1]
| Douglasiidae Temporal range:
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| Tinagma perdicella | |
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| Klimeschia transversella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Clade: | Coelolepida |
| Clade: | Myoglossata |
| Clade: | Neolepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Family: | Douglasiidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 |
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Genera
edit- Klimeschia Amsel, 1938 Palearctic
- Protonyctia Meyrick, 1932 Ecuador
- Tinagma Zeller, 1839 (=Douglasia Stainton, 1854) Palearctic and Nearctic
- †Tanyglossus [2] Poinar, 2017 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
References
edit- ^ 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. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1402016. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 90933225.
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