Gelechioidea
insect superfamily
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annotated classification
- In lepidopteran: Annotated classification
Superfamily Gelechioidea More than 16,000 species worldwide; adults mostly larger and broader winged than Tineoidea; larvae seldom leaf miners; pupae relatively immobile. Family Gelechiidae (twirler moths) More than 4,500 species of small to minute moths, worldwide in distribution; larvae diverse, eating leaves,
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