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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Ian Kimber Family   Incurvariidae Sub Family   Description   a family of 'micro-moths' Background to Family   The five species have relatively broad host choices. They initially mine the leaves of numerous broadleaved trees, bushes, or herbaceous plants (especially Rosaceae); later on, larvae excise a portable case from the leaf, and some species complete their development on leaf-litter.     No. taxa in DBIF   5 No. interactions   22 % interactions with British data   54% No. records   22 % taxa with British data   80% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1984 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Robbins, J. (1984-04-02) Leaf miners :1 Source   Bland, K.P.(1986) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 98 25-28:25 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:32 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1991) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:74 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:31 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:29 Source   Nielsen, E.S.(1985) Entomol. Scand. Supplementum 25 1-66:16 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:30 Source   Nielsen, E.S.(1985) Entomol. Scand. Supplementum 25 1-66:18 Source   Alford, D.V. & Dicker, G.H.L.(1979) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. HGD:54 1-7:6 Source   Bowdrey, J.P.(1988) Cecidol. 3:1 2-3:2 Source   Alford, D.V. & Dicker, G.H.L.(1979) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. HGD:54 1-7:5 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:33 Source   Bland, K.P.(1984) Entomologist's Gaz. 85:1 33-37:36 Source   Bland, K.P.(1984) Entomologist's Gaz. 85:1 33-37:37