Emmelina argoteles (Meyrick, 1922)
(Reedbed Plume)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Emmelina argoteles (Reedbed Plume)
Subfamily	PTEROPHORINAE (a subfamily of moths)
Family	PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths)
Superfamily	PTEROPHOROIDEA (plume moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most 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)

Emmelina argoteles is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Pterophoroidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ringwood, Z., Roscoe, A. & Higgot, J.	2009	The habitat and conservation requirements of the newly recognised British plume moth, Emmelina argoteles (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 22: Plate 4 Fig 4-6, 195-204.

Emmelina argoteles (Reedbed Plume) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PTEROPHORIDAE
(plume moths)

PTEROPHOROIDEA
(plume 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 Emmelina argoteles (Reedbed Plume)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Emmelina argoteles (Reedbed Plume)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Emmelina argoteles is also a member of:

Identification Works

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