Back Incurvarioidea CEB Incurvarioidea German برگبرندهواران Persian Seulakoimaiset Finnish Adeloidea French Adeloidea Italian 곡나방상과 Korean Incurvarioidea NB Adeloidea Russian Incurvarioidea Swedish
| Adeloidea | |
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| A longhorn moth, Nemophora degeerella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Incurvariina |
| Superfamily: | Adeloidea Bruand, 1850 |
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| Diversity | |
| About 600 species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Adeloidea is a superfamily of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which consists of leafcutters, yucca moths and relatives. This superfamily is characterised by a piercing, extensible ovipositor used for laying eggs in plants (Davis, 1999). Many species are day-flying with metallic patterns.
- ^ van Nieukerken et al (2011) Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness, Zootaxa 3148, 212-221.