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Bharlutia Amsel, 1935 |
Galacticidae is a recently recognised and enigmatic family 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 are moderate sized moths are 8-17 mm. in wingspan and have previously been embedded within several lepidopteran superfamilies (Tineoidea: Psychidae, Urodoidea, Sesioidea and in several families of Yponomeutoidea), but Galacticidae is currently placed as its own superfamily at the base of the natural group Apoditrysia (Dugdale et al. Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Tineoidea is the superfamily of Moths that includes clothes moths bagworms and relatives "Bagworm" redirects here The term "bagworm" is often erroneously used to refer to the Eastern tent caterpillar or Fall webworm. Urodidae or "false burnet moths" is a family of Insects in the Lepidopteran order, representing its own superfamily, Sesioidea is the superfamily currently containing clearwing moths ( Sesiidae) castniid moths ( Castniidae) and little bear moths ( Brachodidae) Yponomeutoidea is the Superfamily of Ermine Moths and Relatives Familiae Acrolepiidae Bedelliidae The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of Insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and Moths , 1999 [1998]; Mey, 2004).
Note: the superfamily was unintentionally called "Galaticoidea" in Dugdale et al. (1999) [1998].
The relationships of Galacticidae need reassessment with new characters including DNA data[1]. Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known The genus Homadaula looks remarkably like the yponomeutid genera Prays and Atemelia and some species are reminiscent of "Small Ermine" moths. Despite the spined abdominal segments of the pupae and a few other characters (Minet, 1986) some possess structural similarities to yponomeutids as well and have similar larval behaviour[2] so their removal from the Yponomeutoidea has been questioned (Mey, 2004). Yponomeutoidea is the Superfamily of Ermine Moths and Relatives Familiae Acrolepiidae Bedelliidae
The family is distributed in the Old World from Africa and Madagascar to Asia, Australia and New Caledonia. The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans Asians and Africans in the 15th century Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For the former North American fur-trading district see New Caledonia (Canada, and for the Scottish colony in Panama see Darien scheme. The richest genus is Homadaula with eight species. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic The "Mimosa Webworm" Homadaula anisocentra is a pest of ornamental plants[3], which has been introduced to Eastern North America (Moriuti, 1963; Dugdale et al. , 1999).
References
- Dugdale, J. S. , Kristensen, N. P. , Robinson, G. S. and Scoble, M. J. (1999) [1998]. 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.
- Mey, W. (2004). Galacticidae (Ditrysia incertae sedis). Esperiana 1: 91-102.
- Minet, J. (1986). Ébauche d'une classification moderne de l'ordre des Lépidoptères. Alexanor 14(7): 291-313.
- Moriuti, S. (1963). Remarks on the Paraprays anisocentra (Meyrick, 1922) (Plutellidae), with descriptions of its larva and pupa. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 14(3): 52-59.
External links
- Tree of Life
- Natural History Museum hosts database
- Lepindex Available Names
- Pheromones of Homadaula anisocentra Accessed 13 March 2007
- Larval webs Accessed 13 March 2007
- Homadaula anisocentra resting posture from Bob Patterson's Entomology Hobby Page Accessed 13 March 2007
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