Acrolepiidae

The Acrolepiidae are a family of moths known as false diamondback moths. In modern classifications, they are often treated as a subfamily (Acrolepiinae) of the family Glyphipterigidae.

Caterpillars are typically spotted and 10 to 12 mm in length. Adults have a wingspan between 16 and 18 mm and are generally nocturnal.

Species
Some representative species are:


 * Acrolepia aiea, Swezey 1933
 * Acrolepia alliella, Sato 1979
 * Acrolepia autumnitella, Curtis 1838
 * Acrolepia nothocestri, Busck 1914
 * Acrolepiopsis assectella, Zeller, 1839
 * Acrolepiopsis betulella, Curtis 1838
 * Acrolepiopsis incertella, Chambers 1872
 * Acrolepiopsis marcidella, Curtis 1850
 * Acrolepiopsis sapporensis, Matsumura 1931
 * Acrolepiopsis tauricella, Staudinger 1870
 * Acrolepiopsis vesperella, Zeller 1850
 * Digitivalva arnicella, Heyden 1863
 * Digitivalva eglanteriella, Mann 1855
 * Digitivalva granitella, Treitschke 1833
 * Digitivalva occidentella, Klimesch 1956
 * Digitivalva pulicariae, Klimesch 1956
 * Digitivalva reticulella, Hübner 1796