Taeniodictys is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Lyonetiidae described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1933. It contains only one species, Taeniodictys sericella, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Puerto Rico.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Taeniodictys Forbes, 1933 |
| Species: | T. sericella
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| Binomial name | |
| Taeniodictys sericella Forbes, 1933
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Larvae have been recorded feeding on detritus in the nest of the paper wasp Polistes crinitus.
Taxonomy
editThe genus was formerly included in the family Tineidae.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Taeniodictys.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Taeniodictys sericella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
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