Tineoidea

(invertebrate zoology) A superfamily of heteroneuran Lepidoptera which includes small moths that usually have well-developed maxillary palpi.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners
  Synonym: superfamily Tineoidea

Tineoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Tineoidea
Families
Acrolophidae Arrhenophanidae Eriocottidae Lypusidae Psychidae Tineidae
Diversity
4,200 species

Tineoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it[1], Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, whose relationships are currently uncertain.

Sources

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

External links

• Tree of Life
• Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae

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