Incurvariidae

Incurvariidae
Female Incurvaria masculella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Adeloidea
Family: Incurvariidae
Spuler, 1898
Genera

Alloclemensia
Basileura
Crinopteryx (disputed)
Incurvaria
Paraclemensia
Perthida
Phylloporia
Procacitas
Protaephagus
?Rhathamictis
Simacauda
Subclemensia
Tridentaforma
Vespina
†Incurvarites
†Prophalonia

Diversity
11 genera and 51 species

Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella. The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella and Phylloporia bistrigella. The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.