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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Opostegidae Sub Family   Description   a family of 'micro-moths' Background to Family   Four species with poorly known life-histories. Species outside Britain mine the leaves, stems or bark of herbaceous plants.     No. taxa in DBIF   4 No. interactions   6 % interactions with British data   83% No. records   10 % taxa with British data   100% Notes   Changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, and misspellings altered according to Bradley, J.D. (2000) Checklist of Lepidoptera recorded from the British Isles (2nd ed.). D.J. Bradley & M.J. Bradley, U.K., by R M Smith.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   2000 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   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 1-271:28 Source   Bradley, J.D. (2000) Checklist of Lepidoptera recorded from the British Isles (2nd ed.). D.J. Bradley & M.J. Bradley, U.K., p.4