Cecidosidae

Cecidosidae is a family of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which have a piercing ovipositor used for laying eggs in plant tissue in which they induce galls, or they mine in bark (Davis, 1999; Hoare and Dugdale, 2003). Nine species occur in southern Africa, five species in South America (Parra, 1998) and Xanadoses nielseni was recently described from New Zealand (Hoare and Dugdale, 2003). Some minute parasitoid wasps are known (Burks et al., 2005).

Cecidosidae
Xanadoses nielseni, the Kamahi bark scribbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Adeloidea
Family:	Cecidosidae (Bréthes, 1916)
Genera
Andescecidium Cecidonius Cecidoses Dicranoses Ridiaschina Scyrotis Xanadoses
Synonyms
Ridiaschinidae