The Antequerinae are a subfamily of the

Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. ...

. In the

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, the subfamily consists of eight species in four genera, found in

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and

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.Niels P. Kristensen: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. In: Maximilian Fischer (Hrsg.): Handbook of Zoology. 1. Auflage. Band 4 – Arthropoda: Insecta, Teilband 35, de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1998, .

Genera

*'' Alloclita'' *''

Antequera Antequera () is a city and municipality in the Comarca de Antequera, province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (''el corazón de Andalucía'') because of its central loca ...

'' *'' Chalcocolona'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Cnemidolophus'' Walsingham, 1881 *'' Cosmiosophista'' *'' Euclemensia'' *'' Gibeauxiella'' *'' Lamachaera'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Limnaecia'' (or placed in Cosmopteriginae) *'' Macrobathra'' Meyrick, 1883 (or placed in Cosmopteriginae) *'' Meleonoma'' Meyrick, 1914 (or placed in Cosmopteriginae) *'' Pancalia'' *'' Phosphaticola'' Viette, 1951

References

Cosmopterigidae Moth subfamilies {{Antequerinae-stub