Ethmiinae

 The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.^[2]

Ethmiinae
Adult Ethmia quadrillella at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Subfamily:	Ethmiinae Busck, 1909
Synonyms[1]
Azinidae Walsingham, 1906 Ethmiadae Meyrick, 1909 Ethmiinae Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954 (but see text)

GeneraEdit

Seven genera are presently placed here; numerous others are now considered junior synonyms (mostly of Ethmia):^[2]

• Agrioceros
• Betroka
• Erysiptila
• Ethmia
• Macrocirca
• Pseudethmia
• Pyramidobela (sometimes placed in the Oecophoridae (or Oecophorinae, if the Ethmiidae are included in Oecophoridae as subfamily).^[2]
• Sphecodora