Family ERIOCOTTIDAE
Compiler and date details
February 2012 - Data added by Robyn Meir with advice from Ted Edwards, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
1996 - Names and Introduction taken from Nielsen et al. (1996)
Introduction
Two subfamilies, the Eriocottinae and the Compsocteninae, are included in the family but were previously misplaced in the Incurvariidae and the Psychidae (Nielsen 1978). A single species in the Eriocottinae is known from Australia (Nielsen & Robinson 1991). Other species of Eriocottinae are found in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. [Nielsen, E.S. in Nielsen et al. (1996: 36)]
General References
Nielsen, E.S. 1978. On the systematic position of the genus Eriocottis Zeller, 1847, with remarks on the phylogeny of primitive Tineoidea (Lepidoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica 9: 279-296
Nielsen, E.S. & Robinson, G.S. 1991. The tineoid family Eriocottidae (Lepidoptera) in Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 17: 77-88
Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM