Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of
insects in the order
Lepidoptera. These generally small
moths are miners in plant tissue as
caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are
leaf miners in the family
Gracillariidae.
References
Davis, D.R, and Robinson, G.S. (1999). The Tineoidea and Gracillarioidea. In: Kristensen, N.P. (ed.), Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie 4 (35): 91-117. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin, New York.