| Gracillariidae | |
|---|---|
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| Privet leaf miner, Gracillaria syringella (Fabricius, 1794) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Gracillarioidea |
| Family: | Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854 |
| Subfamilies | |
Genera - see "Subfamilies and genera" | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| About 101 genera and 1,866 species | |
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
- ^ "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera" (PDF). mapress.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2019.