Marmarinae is a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
of
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 described by
Akito Yuji Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara is an American and Japanese entomologist, scientist, and advocate of nature education, and the son of the modern conceptual artist On Kawara.
Kawahara is a Professor and Curator at the University of Florida and lead researcher ...
and Issei Ohshima in 2016.
Diversity and distribution
Description
Biology
Genera
In alphabetical order:
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Dendrorycter
''Dendrorycter'' is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently inva ...
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Kumata, 1978
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Marmara''
Clemens, 1863
References
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Moth subfamilies