Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae

Jurate De Prins; Willy De Prins

doi:10.48580/dg9ld-397

Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae

Citation

De Prins, J., & De Prins, W. (2024). Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (version 2024-10-01). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Version 2024-11-18). Catalogue of Life, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dg9ld-397

Description

The Gracillariidae is one of the largest families of primitive moths (Lepidoptera). Gracillariid moths are generally distributed throughout the world except Antarctica, and they are more numerous in tropical areas. Many species of Gracillariidae are serious pests of agricultural and ornamental plants. The Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae currently holds information on 150 genus-group names and in total 2.427 species-group names, belonging to 111 genera.

Taxonomic Coverages

Gracillariidae

Geographic Coverages

global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jurate De Prins
originator
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
BE
email: jurate.deprins@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7637-5755

Willy De Prins
originator
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
BE
email: willy.deprins@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4430-1425

Jurate De Prins
editor
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7637-5755

Willy De Prins
editor
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4430-1425

administrative point of contact
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Tervuren
BE

Andre Heughebaert
administrative point of contact
Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo
email: a.heughebaert@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-5300

Jurate De Prins
administrative point of contact
email: jurate.deprins@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7637-5755