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Family	Pyralidae
Sub Family	Nymphulinae
Description	A sub-family of the Pyralidae
Background to Family	The resident species of the Nymphulinae are outnumbered by those imported with tropical, aquatic plants, some of which are pests. The larvae often feed underwater in mines, from a case, or in a spinning, on a range of dicot and monocot aquatic plants, including filamentous algae and stoneworts (Characeae). Females of the water veneer, Acentria ephemerella, possess either rudimentary or fully developed wings, and can even mate and swim underwater .

No. taxa in DBIF	_
No. interactions	_
% interactions with British data	_
No. records	_
% taxa with British data	_
Notes	See family entry; ;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	see family entry

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. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:199
Source	Goater, B. (1986) British Pyralid Moths 1-175:62
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1991) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:168
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1991) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:170
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:202
Source	Goater, B. (1986) British Pyralid Moths 1-175:56
Source	Goater, B. (1986) British Pyralid Moths 1-175:57
Source	Agassiz, D.(1981) Entomologist's Gaz. 32:1 21-26:24
Source	Agassiz, D.(1981) Entomologist's Gaz. 32:1 21-26:25
Source	Goater, B. (1986) British Pyralid Moths 1-175:60
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:203
Source	Goater, B. (1986) British Pyralid Moths 1-175:58

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