Sericostola

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Sericostola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Sericostola
Meyrick, 1927

Sericostola is a genus of sedge moths described by Edward Meyrick in 1927.

Glyphipterigidae family of insects

The Glyphipterigidae are a family of small moths commonly known as sedge moths, as the larvae of many species feed on sedges and rushes. More than 500 species have been described in the family.

Edward Meyrick FRS was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on Microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern Microlepidoptera systematics.

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Taxonomy

The genus was included in the Plutellidae by Fletcher in 1929 but was transferred to the Glyphipterigidae by John B. Heppner in 1984. [1] [2]

Plutellidae family of insects

The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth of European origin. Some authors consider this family to be a subfamily of the Yponomeutidae, but it is usually considered to be a family in its own right, and have three subfamilies, Plutellinae, Praydinae, and Scythropiinae.

Species

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References

  1. Heppner, J. B., ed. (1984). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera Checklist: Part 1 Micropterigoidea - Immoidea. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. xvi, 54. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-6533-1. ISBN   978-94-009-6533-1.
  2. Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species