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Drepanoidea is the superfamily of "hook tip moths". 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 The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of Insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and Moths This article is about the Moth family. For the sicklefishes see Drepaneidae; for the Drepanidinae (or Drepanididae see Hawaiian honeycreeper Epicopeiidae is a family of Insects in the Lepidoptera order They are known as Oriental Swallowtail Moths as they resemble Oriental Swallowtail butterflies Taxonomic rank ( rank, category, taxonomic category is an abstract term used in the Scientific classification, or Taxonomy, of organisms See Minet and Scoble (1999) for a comprehensive overview.
References
- Minet, J and Scoble, M. J. (1999). The Drepanoid/Geometroid Assemblage. Ch. 17 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.
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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