| Eriocranioidea | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Eriocrania semipurpurella | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 24 described species | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dyseriocrania |
A superfamily of insects in the Lepidoptera order restricted to the Holarctic region, with six genera (see Davis, 1978; Mizukawa et al. 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 Amphiesmenoptera is an Insect Superorder, established by Willi Hennig in his revision of insect taxonomy for two sister orders Lepidoptera 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 A superfamily of insects in the Lepidoptera order restricted to the Holarctic region with six genera (see Davis 1978 Mizukawa et al 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 A superfamily of insects in the Lepidoptera order restricted to the Holarctic region with six genera (see Davis 1978 Mizukawa et al Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. The Holarctic Ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole , 2004). These small, metallic moths are usually day-flying, emerging fairly early in the northern temperate Spring. They have a proboscis with which they drink water or sap. In general a proboscis (from Greek προ pro "before" and βοσκειν boskein "to feed" also known as probiscus The larvae are leaf-miners[1] on Fagales, principally the trees birch Betula and oak Quercus but a few on Salicales and Rosales (Kristensen, 1999). The Fagales are an order of Flowering plants including some of the best known Trees The order name is derived from Genus Fagus Birch is the name of any Tree of the genus Betula ( Bé-tu-la) in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of Trees and Shrubs in the Genus Quercus (from Latin Salicaceae is a family of Flowering plants Recent genetic studies by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG has greatly expanded the circumscription For other meanings see Rosales (disambiguation. Rosales is an order of Flowering plants including nine families
Note: there also exists a brachiopod genus Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986 but this has been renamed Novocrania Lee & Brunton, 2001 [2]
References
- Davis, D. Brachiopods (from Latin brachium, arm + New Latin -poda, foot are a small phylum of Benthic Invertebrates Also Brachiopods (from Latin brachium, arm + New Latin -poda, foot are a small phylum of Benthic Invertebrates Also R. (1978). A revision of the North American moths of the superfamily Eriocranioidea with the proposal of a new family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 251: 1-131.
- Kristensen, N. P. (1999). The homoneurous Glossata. Ch. 5, pp. 51-64 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.
- Minet, J. (2002). Proposal of an infraordinal name for the Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 107 (3) 222
- Mizukawa, H. , Hirowatari, T and Hashimoto, S. (2004). Biosystematic study of Issikiocrania japonicella Moriuti (Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae), with description of immature stages. Entomological Science. 7 (4), 389-397. doi:10. 1111/j. 1479-8298. 2004. 00088. x
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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