ELACHISTIDAE
(a family of micro-moths)

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Elachista
a genus of micro-moths
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Elachistidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Elachistid Micro-moths
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyELACHISTIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1996 Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae (vol 3) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 3, 452pp, Harley Books
Traugott-Olsen, E., & Schmidt Nielsen, E. 1977 The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 6, 299pp, Scandinavian Science Press

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

ELACHISTIDAE (a family of micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ELACHISTIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ELACHISTIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
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