Tischerioidea is the superfamily of "trumpet"leaf miner moths. The superfamily contains just one family,Tischeriidae, and traditionally onegenus,Tischeria, but currently three genera are recognised, widespread around the world including South America (Davis, 1986), except for Australasia (Puplesis and Diskus, 2003). This is one candidate as thesister group (see alsoPalaephatoidea) of the bulk of Lepidoptera, theDitrysia (Davis, 1999; Wiegmannet al., 2002), and they have amonotrysian type of female reproductive system. These small moths are leaf-miners[2] in the caterpillar stage, feeding mainly onFagaceae (Tischeria andCoptotriche),Asteraceae, andMalvaceae (Astrotischeria), and some also onRhamnaceae,Tiliaceae, andRosaceae.[3][4]
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