Meessiidae

Meessiidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Tineoidea. There are at least 2 genera and more than 80 described species in Meessiidae.[1][2][3]

Meessiidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Tineoidea
Family: Meessiidae
(Zagulyaev, 1958)

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Meessiidae:

References

  1. "Meessiidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Davis, Donald R.; Harrison, Terry L.; et al. (2014). "A molecular phylogeny and revised classification for the oldest ditrysian moth lineages (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea), with implications for ancestral feeding habits of the mega-diverse Ditrysia". Systematic Entomology. 40 (2): 409–432. doi:10.1111/syen.12110. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 85287782.

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