Tischerioidea is the superfamily of "trumpet"
leaf miner moths. This is one candidate as the
sister group (see also
Palaephatoidea) of the bulk of Lepidoptera, the
Ditrysia (Davis, 1999; Wiegmann
et al., 2002), and they have a
monotrysian type of female reproductive system. The superfamily contains just one family and traditionally one
genus,
Tischeria, but currently three genera are recognised, widespread across the world including
South America (Davis, 1986), except for
Australasia (Puplesis and Diskus, 2003). These small moths are leaf-miners in the caterpillar stage, feeding mainly on
Fagaceae (
Tischeria and
Coptotriche),
Asteraceae and
Malvaceae (
Astrotischeria), and some also on
Rhamnaceae,
Tiliaceae and
Rosaceae.