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Copromorphidae, the "tropical fruitworm moths" is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Glossata is the Suborder of the Insect order Lepidoptera that includes all the Superfamilies of moths and butterflies that have a coilable Heteroneura is a natural group (or Clade) in the Insect order Lepidoptera that comprises over 99% of all butterflies and The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of Insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and Moths Copromorphoidea, the "fruitworm moths" is a Superfamily of Insects in the Lepidopteran order. This is a list of the Diversity of the Lepidoptera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and where available family A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biological classification, family ( Latin Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used These moths have broad, rounded forewings, and well-camouflaged scale patterns. Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible Organism Unlike Carposinidae the mouthparts include "labial palps" with the second rather than third segment the longest. Carposinidae, the "fruitworm moths" is a family of Insects in the Lepidopteran order. The mouthparts of Arthropods have evolved into a number of forms each adapted to a different style or mode of feeding The position of the enigmatic New Zealand genus Isonomeutis in this family in uncertain, as it lacks the flimsy cuticle of the pupa characteristic of other Copromorphoidea. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biology, the term cuticle or cuticula is given to a variety of tough but flexible non-mineral outer coverings of an organism or part of an organism that A pupa ( Latin pupa for doll pl pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some Insects undergoing transformation Copromorphoidea, the "fruitworm moths" is a Superfamily of Insects in the Lepidopteran order. With other unusual structural characteristics of the caterpillar and adult, it could represent the sister lineage of all other extant members of this superfamily (Dugdale et al. Caterpillars are the Larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the Insect order comprising butterflies and Moths Extant is a term commonly used to refer to Taxa (such as Species, genera or families) that are still in existence (living , 1999). The genus Sisyroxena from Madagascar is also notable for its unusual venation and wing scale sockets (Dugdale et al. Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. In most biological nomenclature a scale ( Greek lepid, Latin squama) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an Animal , 1999).
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Distribution
These moths are widely distributed except the Palearctic region, occurring in Madagascar, India, South East Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Neotropics, with limited Temperate region coverage except that the genera Lotisma and Ellabella occur in North America and the latter also in China (Common, 1990). The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight Ecozones dividing the Earth surface Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In Biogeography, Neotropic or Neotropical refers to one of the world's eight terrestrial Ecozones This ecozone includes South and Central America the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Over 20 belong to the genus Copromorpha occurring in Indo-Australia (Dugdale et al. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic , 1999).
Behaviour
Adults are night-flying and attracted to lights. Caterpillars live between joined leaves, flowers or fruits or bore within stems, and some eat leaves. Caterpillars are the Larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the Insect order comprising butterflies and Moths The larvae pupate with the silken gallery or descend to the ground and make a cocoon covered in detritus (Dugdale et al. In Roman mythology, the larvae or lemures (singular lemur) were the spectres or spirits of the dead they were the malignant version of the A pupa ( Latin pupa for doll pl pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some Insects undergoing transformation , 1999).
Larval hostplants
Caterpillars feed on the families Ericaceae, Moraceae (Ficus) and Berberidaceae[1]. Caterpillars are the Larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the Insect order comprising butterflies and Moths The Plant family Ericaceae (also called the heath family or ericaceous plants) are mostly lime -hating ( Calcifuge) Moraceae is a family of Flowering plants commonly known as the mulberry or fig family Ficus is a Genus of about 850 Species of woody Trees Shrubs Vines Epiphytes and hemi-epiphytes in the family Berberidaceae is a family of 15 genera Flowering plants commonly called the barberry family The anomalous genus Isonomeutis is a predator on "scale insects" (Coccoidea; Margarodidae) (Dugdale et al. The scale insects are small Insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the Superfamily Coccoidea. Margarodidae is a family of Scale insects within superfamily Coccoidea. , 1999) on the Podocarpaceae species Dacrydium cupressinum[2]. Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere Conifers with 18-19 genera and about 170-200 species of Evergreen Trees and Dacrydium is a Genus of Conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae.
Fossils
One fossil taxon is known, Copromorpha fossilis Jarzembowski, 1980 from the "Bembridge Marls" of Isle of Wight, a rock formation of Oligocene age, about 35 million years old (Jarzembowski, 1980). Bembridge is a village and Civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene period and extends from about 33
References
- Common, I. F. B. (1990). Moths of Australia. Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden. 535 pages.
- Dugdale, J. S. , Kristensen, N. P. , Robinson, G. S. and Scoble, M. J. (1999). The smaller microlepidoptera grade superfamilies, Ch. 13. , pp. 217-232 in Kristensen, N. P. (Ed. ). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
- Jarzembowski, E. A. (1980). Fossil, insects from the Bembridge Marls, Palaeogene of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Geology), 33: 237-293.
- Nasu, Y. , Saito, T, Furumi Komai, F. (2004). Discovery of the previously unrecorded family Copromorphidae Meyrick (Lepidoptera) in Japan, with description of a new species and autapomorphies for the family Entomological Science, 7 (1): 73-83. doi:10. 1111/j. 1479-8298. 2003. 00041. x
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Provisional list of species (based on NHM Lepindex)
- Aegidomorpha psammodina Meyrick, 1932
- Cathelotis sanidopa Meyrick, 1926
- Copromorpha aeruginea Meyrick, 1917
- Copromorpha bryanthes Meyrick, 1926
- Copromorpha cryptochlora Meyrick, 1930
- Copromorpha alixella Legrand, 1965
- Copromorpha dialithoma Diakonoff, 1967
- Copromorpha efflorescens Meyrick, 1906
- Copromorpha fossilis Jarzembowski, 1980
- Copromorpha gypsota Meyrick, 1886
- Copromorpha hyphantria Diakonoff, 1984
- Copromorpha kijimuna Nasu, Saito & Komai, 2004[3]
- Copromorpha lichenitis Turner, 1916 (originally in Trychnostola)[4]
- Copromorpha lignisquama Diakonoff, 1954
- Copromorpha macrolepis Diakonoff, 1959
- Copromorpha mesobactris Meyrick, 1930
- Copromorpha metallistis Meyrick, 19s06
- Copromorpha mistharnis Diakonoff, [1968]
- Copromorpha myrmecias Meyrick, 1930
- Copromorpha narcodes Meyrick, 1916
- Copromorpha nesographa Meyrick, 1926
- Copromorpha orthidias Meyrick, 1927
- Copromorpha phaeosticta Turner, 1916 (originally in Trychnostola)
- Copromorpha phytochroa Diakonoff, 1953
- Copromorpha pleurophanes Meyrick, 1905
- Copromorpha pyrrhoscia Meyrick, 1935
- Copromorpha roepkei Diakonoff, 1953
- Copromorpha smaragdarcha Diakonoff, 1967
- Copromorpha tetrarcha Meyrick, 1916
- Copromorpha thrombota Meyrick, 1916
- Dryanassa erebactis Meyrick, 1936
- Ellabella editha Busck, 1925
- Ellabella melanoclista Meyrick, 1927 (originally in Probolacma)
- Endothamna marmarocyma Meyrick, 1922 (originally in Endothamna)
- Isonomeutis restincta Meyrick, 1923 [5]
- Isonomeutis amauropa Meyrick, 1888 [6]
- Lotisma trigonana Walsingham, 1879 (originally in Sciaphila)
- Lotisma vulcanica Meyrick, 1932
- Neophylarcha helicosema Meyrick, 1926
- Ordrupia dasyleuca Meyrick, 1926
- Ordrupia fabricata Meyrick, 1915
- Ordrupia fanniella Busck, 1912
- Ordrupia friserella Busck, 1911
- Ordrupia macroctenis Meyrick, 1926
- Osidryas chersodes Turner, 1913 (originally in Heterocrita)
- Osidryas chlorotribes Meyrick, 1939
- Osidryas phyllodes Meyrick, 1916
- Phanerochersa amphignosta Meyrick, 1926
- Phaulophara belogramma Turner, 1916
- Phaulophara crossospila Turner, 1923 (originally in Ardiosteres)
- Phycomorpha bryophylla Meyrick, 1927
- Phycomorpha escharitis Meyrick, 1916
- Phycomorpha metachrysa Meyrick, 1914[7]
- Phycomorpha phlyctaenopa Meyrick, 1926 (originally in Rhopalosetia)
- Phycomorpha prasinochroa (Meyrick, 1906) (originally in Copromorpha) [8]
- Phycomorpha simplex Strand, 1915 (originally in Rhynchoferella)
- Phycomorpha ilyopis Meyrick, 1930 (originally in Saridacma)
- Phycomorpha syncentra Meyrick, 1916 (originally in Sisyroxena)
- Phycomorpha chalazombra Meyrick, 1938 (originally in Spilogenes)
- Phycomorpha argophthalma Meyrick, 1932 (originally in Syncamaris)
- Tanymecica xanthoplaca Turner, 1916[9]
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