Global Gracillariidae

Jurate De Prins

doi:10.15468/ymjspo

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 2022-06-25.

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

gracillariidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Global coverage

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jurate De Prins
originator
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