ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE
(a family of ermel moths)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Roeslerstammia erxlebella Copper Ermel					Species		7 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE (a family of ermel moths)
Superfamily	GRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder 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)

ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Gracillarioidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	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
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

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

GRACILLARIOIDEA
(a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder 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 ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE (a family of ermel moths)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE (a family of ermel moths)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Larvae/Leaf-miners

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)