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Douglasiidae
Small family of moths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Douglasiidae is a small Lepidopteran family.[2][3][4] It includes around 32 species[2] of micromoth whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths, after British lepidopterist and hemipterist John William Douglas.[5] The largest genus in the family is Tinagma.[2] They are primarily found in the Palearctic realm,[5] with some Nearctic species.[4] The adults have a 6 to 15 mm wingspan, with a reduced hindwing venation and long fringes. The larvae are leaf miners or borers, primarily in stems and petioles, belonging to Boraginaceae, Labiatae, and Rosaceae.[5]
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Genera
There are three extant genera:[2]
- Klimeschia Amsel, 1938 – Palearctic
- Protonyctia Meyrick, 1932 – Ecuador
- Tinagma Zeller, 1839 (=Douglasia Stainton, 1854) – Palearctic and Nearctic
One genus is known from the fossil record:[1]
- †Tanyglossus Poinar, 2017 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar[6]
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