Schreckensteiniidae

Schreckensteiniidae
Schreckensteinia festaliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Superfamily: Schreckensteinioidea
Fletcher, 1929
Family: Schreckensteiniidae
Fletcher, 1929
Genera
Diversity
8 species

Schreckensteinioidea is a superfamily in the insect order Lepidoptera containing a single family, Schreckensteiniidae, or "bristle-legged moths", because of the stout spines on the hindlegs. The relationships of this family within the group Apoditrysia are currently uncertain. One of the species, the Blackberry Skeletoniser Schreckensteinia festaliella, is widespread and common across Europe and has been introduced as a biological control to Hawaii, whilst three species of Corsocasis occur in South East Asia (Dugdale et al., 1999).

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