Alabonia geoffrella (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Common Tubic)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Alabonia geoffrella (Common Tubic)
Tribe	Oecophorini (tubic moths)
Subfamily	OECOPHORINAE (streak and tubic moths)
Family	OECOPHORIDAE (streak and tubic moths)
Superfamily	GELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Alabonia geoffrella is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Gelechioidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Alabonia geoffrella (Common Tubic) :
1: Alabonia geoffrella (Common Tubic)
1 Jul 1971	OSGR: TQ50	50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E	Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14)	England
Female

Alabonia geoffrella (Common Tubic) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

OECOPHORIDAE
(streak and tubic moths)

GELECHIOIDEA
(a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alabonia geoffrella (Common Tubic)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alabonia geoffrella (Common Tubic)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Alabonia geoffrella is also a member of:

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