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False Plume Moths
Tineodidae
The Tineodidae or false plume moths are a family of moths with in some cases unusually modified wings: Like in some related moths, the wings of several Tineodidae are decomposed into several rigid spines. This is a small family, with about a global total of 20 species described to date; some undescribed species are known or suspected to exist however. They seem to be of Australian origin, where they are most diverse, but range through the...
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
Cenoloba
genusCenoloba
Tineodes
genusTineodes
Euthrausta
genusEuthrausta
Oxychirota
genusOxychirota
Palaeodes
genusPalaeodes
Euthesaura
genusEuthesaura
Anomima
genusAnomima
Tanycnema
genusTanycnema
Epharpastis
genusEpharpastis
Tephroniopsis
genusTephroniopsis
Neoxychirota
genusNeoxychirota
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122124.