Global Gracillariidae
Citation
De Prins J, Heughebaert A (2019). Global Gracillariidae. Version 1.5. Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ymjspo accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-07.Description
The Gracillariidae is one 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 147 genus-group names and in total 2.683 species-group names, belonging to 105 genera.Taxonomic Coverages
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gracillariidaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
Global coverage
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jurate De Prinsoriginator
position: Associate curator (Lepidoptera)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
BE
email: jurate.deprins@gmail.com
André Heughebaert
metadata author
position: Node Manager
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: a.heughebaert@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-5300
André Heughebaert
user
email: aheugheb@ulb.ac.be
Jurate De Prins
administrative point of contact
position: Associate curator (Lepidoptera)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
BE
email: jurate.deprins@gmail.com
Willy De Prins
administrative point of contact
position: Scientific volunteer
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
BE
email: willy.deprins@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4430-1425