Curved-horn Moths
Gelechioidea
Gelechioidea (from the type genus Gelechia, "resting on the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large and poorly understood '"micromoth" superfamily, constituting one of the basal lineages of the Ditrysia.
21 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Twirler Moths
familyGelechiidae
Concealer Moths
familyOecophoridae
Flat-bodied moths
familyDepressariidae
Blastobasid Moths
familyBlastobasidae
Cosmet Moths
familyCosmopterigidae
Concealer Moths
familyAutostichidae
Casebearing Moths
familyColeophoridae
Ethmiidae
familyEthmiidae
Timber Moths
familyXyloryctidae
Flower Moths
familyScythrididae
Long-horned Moths
familyLecithoceridae
Momphidae
familyMomphidae
Feather-legged Moths
familyStathmopodidae
Grass Miner Moths
familyElachistidae
Peleopodidae
familyPeleopodidae
Lypusidae
familyLypusidae
Batrachedridae
familyBatrachedridae
Pterolonchidae
familyPterolonchidae
Ashinagidae
familyAshinagidae
Epimarptidae
familyEpimarptidae
Schistonoeidae
familySchistonoeidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55518.