Eriocottidae

Eriocottidae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Clade: Neolepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Tineoidea
Family: Eriocottidae
Spuler, 1898
Diversity
About 6 genera and 80 species
Synonyms
  • Deuterotineidae Zagulajev 1973
  • Compsoctenidae Dierl, 1970

Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown. There are two subfamilies, Compsocteninae and Eriocottinae.