Peleopodidae Overview
Hodges
(1998) defined this taxon as a subfamily of Oecophoridae that was defined by the
gnathos having a mesial, spinose bulb (sometimes paired) and the abdominal terga
with scales only or with spiniform setae in a band. The male genitalia are often
asymmetrical, the second sternum has apodemes only, although the female has venulae
and apodemes. The forewing has CuP present. The moths differ from Oecophoridae
in having veins Rs and M1 stalked in the hindwing. Minet (1986) gave this group
family status.
Larvae feed on Arecaceae,
Malpighiaceae, Platanaceae, Polygonaceae, and Verbanaceae (Hodges, 1998).
This family includes
about six genera and 25 species in the Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oriental Regions
(Hodges, 1998).
References: Bouquin
(1957), Duckworth (1970), Hodges (1974), Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (1984), Minet
(1986, 1990).
