False plume moths, family Tineodidae, include only 11 species, all from Australia. The family is in the superfamily Pterophoroidea in the section Tineina, subsection Tineina, of the division Ditrysia. Adults small (15–34 mm wingspan), with head scaling average; haustellum naked; labial palpi porrect; maxillary palpi 4-segmented. Forewings elongate (Fig. 12) and pointed termens can be falcate. Maculation mostly mottled shades of tan and gray. Adults possibly diurnal or crepuscular. Larvae are leaftiers, but most are not known biologically. Only recorded host plants are in Euphorbiaceae and Oleaceae.
Example of false plume moths (Tineodidae), Tineodes adactylis Guenée from Australia.
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*Heppner JB (1998) Tineodidae. In: Lepidopterorum Catalogus, (n.s.). Fasc. 61. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, Gainesville, FL, 8 pp
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Heppner, J.B. (2008). False Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Tineodidae). In: Capinera, J.L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3764
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