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''Callicerastis stagmatias'' is a
fungus moth Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...
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family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Tineidae) of the
subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Erechthiinae The Erechthiinae are a subfamily of moth of the family Tineidae. Genera * '' Anastathma'' * '' Callicerastis'' (sometimes in ''Erechthias'') * '' Comodica'' * ''Erechthias ''Erechthias'' is a genus of the fungus moth family (biology), family, ...
. It is provisionally separated in the
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''Callicerastis'', but it may belong in the related larger genus ''
Erechthias ''Erechthias'' is a genus of the fungus moth family (biology), family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae, of which it is the type genus. The exact circumscription of this genus is still disputed, but it may encompass mor ...
''.Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
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References


Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
* (2010): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
''Erechthias''
Version of 2010-NOV-15. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23. Erechthiinae Tineidae genera Monotypic moth genera {{Tineidae-stub