Bedelliidae is a small

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of small, narrow-winged

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s; most authorities recognize just a single genus, ''Bedellia'', previously included in the family

Lyonetiidae Lyonetiidae is a family of moths with some 200 described species. These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed ap ...

. The family is still included in the

as the subfamily Bedelliinae by some authors.

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Microleps
U.S.A. (Nearctic)

Images of imagines, larva and pupa Moth genera Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton {{Yponomeutoidea-stub