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Gracillariidae

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Gracillariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Gracillariidae Kozlov
2011Gracillariidae van Nieukerken et al. p. 214
2012Gracillariidae Sohn et al. p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
RankNameAuthor
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
superfamilyGracillarioidea
familyGracillariidae()
familyGracillariidae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Gracillariidae Stainton 1854
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Subfm. Gracillariinae Stainton 1854
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G. †Gracillariites Kozlov 1987
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Gracillariites mixtus Kozlov 1987
Subfm. Lithocolletinae Stainton 1854
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G. Phyllonorycter Hübner 1822
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Phyllonorycter inopinata Fischer 2021
Subfm. Phyllocnistinae Herrich-Schäffer 1857
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G. Phyllocnistis Zeller 1848
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Phyllocnistis cretacea Fischer 2021
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Priabonian or 99.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Phyllocnistis cretacea (212083 220903)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Gracillariites lithuanicus (123977)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Gracillariites mixtus (123978) Phyllonorycter inopinata (123439)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lepidoptera sp.H (123959)