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Family BATRACHEDRIDAE


Compiler and date details

March 2012 - You Ning Su, with advice from Ted Edwards, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra

Introduction

[After Edwards in Nielsen et al. (1996: 90)].
Many Australian Batrachedridae were described by Meyrick (1897a) and a few by Turner (1923b). The genus [Batrachedra] has been placed in a variety of families (Cosmopterigidae, Momphidae, Coleophoridae) by different authors and there is still no general agreement on its position. The North American fauna was reviewed by Hodges (1966). The Australian members of the family have never been revised but Common (1990) provided a useful guide to them.

Baldizzone (1996) transfer the genus Corythangela from the family Coleophoridae to the Batrachedridae.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024 07-Mar-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)