Acrolophinae is a family of

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s in the order Lepidoptera. The subfamily comprises the burrowing webworm moths and tube moths and holds about 300

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in five genera, which occur in the wild only in the

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. It is closely related to the

Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

family.

Genera

*'' Acrolophus'' *'' Amydria'' *'' Drastea'' *'' Exoncotis'' *'' Ptilopsaltis''

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Acrolophidae

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