Pterolonchidae

Pterolonchidae
Homaledra heptathalama is sometimes known as the "exclamation moth" - see the wing pattern
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Clade: Apoditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Pterolonchidae
Meyrick, 1918 ex. T.B. Fletcher, 1929
Synonyms
  • Coelopoetidae
  • Syringopaidae

Pterolonchidae is a small family of very small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. There are species native to every continent except Australia and Antarctica.