Curved-horn Moths
Gelechioidea
Gelechioidea (from the type genus Gelechia, "keeping to the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large and poorly understood '"micromoth" superfamily, constituting one of the basal lineages of the Ditrysia.
As of the 1990s, this superfamily was composed of about 1,425 genera and 16,250 species. It was estimated that only 25% of the species diversity of Gelechioidea had been described. If this estimate is accurate, Gelechioidea will be one of the largest superfamilies of Lepidoptera.
21 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Twirler Moths
familyGelechiidae
Concealer Moths
familyOecophoridae
Flat-bodied moths
familyDepressariidae
Blastobasid Moths
familyBlastobasidae
Cosmet Moths
familyCosmopterigidae
Concealer Moths
familyAutostichidae
Casebearing Moths
familyColeophoridae
Ethmiidae
familyEthmiidae
Timber Moths
familyXyloryctidae
Flower Moths
familyScythrididae
Long-horned Moths
familyLecithoceridae
Momphidae
familyMomphidae
Feather-legged Moths
familyStathmopodidae
Grass Miner Moths
familyElachistidae
Peleopodidae
familyPeleopodidae
Lypusidae
familyLypusidae
Batrachedridae
familyBatrachedridae
Pterolonchidae
familyPterolonchidae
Ashinagidae
familyAshinagidae
Epimarptidae
familyEpimarptidae
Schistonoeidae
familySchistonoeidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 55518.