Opostegidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nepticuloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Nepticulina Superfamilia: Nepticuloidea

Familia: Opostegidae
Subfamiliae (2): Oposteginae – Opostegoidinae

Genera (7): Eosopostega – Neopostega – Notiopostega – Opostega – Opostegoides – Paralopostega – Pseudopostega

Name

Opostegidae Meyrick, 1893.

Type genus: Opostega Zeller, 1839.

References

• Davis, D.R., 1989: Generic revision of the Opostegidae, with a synoptic catalog of the world's species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 478: 1–97. Full article: [1]
• Davis, D.R.; Stonis, J.R. 2007: A revision of the New World plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian contributions to zoology, ( 625 ). [2].
• Heppner, J.B. and D.R. Davis, 2009: Guatemala Moth Notes, 2. A new Neopostega from Guatemala (Lepidoptera: Opostegidae). Lepidoptera Novae 2(1): 31–34. Full article: [3].
• van Nieukerken, E.J., Doorenweerd, C., Hoare, R.J.B. & Davis, D.R. 2016. Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea). ZooKeys 628: 65-246. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.628.9799. Reference page. 
• Remeikis, A. ; J.R. Stonis ; A. Diškus & D.R. Davis, 2009: Contribution to the Opostegidae Fauna of Central America, with an Updated Checklist and Description of New Species from Costa Rica and Mexico (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Acta Zoologica Lituanica 19 (4): 278.286. Abstrct: DOI: 10.2478/v10043-009-0034-3.
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A. & Sruoga, V. 2013. An annotated list of the Opostegidae of the Himalaya, with a description of Pseudopostega brevicaudata sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Zootaxa 3609(2): 182–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[4]

Vernacular names

中文: 茎潜蛾科