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 Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba
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Noctuoidea is the superfamily of noctuid (Latin "night owl") or "owlet" moths, and has the largest number of species described for any Lepidopteran superfamily. The Large Yellow Underwing ( Noctua pronuba) is a Moth, the type species for the family Noctuidae. 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 Macrolepidoptera is a group within the Insect order Lepidoptera. 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 In Biological classification, family ( Latin Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of Moths with around 11000 species found all over the world with 6000 Neotropical species (Scoble 1995 Doidae is a family of Lepidoptera.;Selected genera Doa (eg Doa ampla) Lymantriidae or Liparidae is a family of Moths with about 350 known genera and over 2500 known Species found all over the world in every The Noctuidae or Owlet moths are a family of robustly-built Moths that includes more than 35000 known species out of possibly 100000 total in more than 4200 genera Nolidae is a family of Moths with about 1400 described Species worldwide Notodontidae is a family of Moths with approximately 3500 known species Oenosandridae is a family of noctuoid moths in the Order Lepidoptera. Pantheidae is a family of Lepidoptera. Taxonomic rank ( rank, category, taxonomic category is an abstract term used in the Scientific classification, or Taxonomy, of organisms Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. A moth is an Insect closely related to the Butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Taxonomic rank ( rank, category, taxonomic category is an abstract term used in the Scientific classification, or Taxonomy, of organisms Its classification has not yet reached a satisfactory or stable state. See Kitching and Rawlins (1999) for a broad review, and this reference is the source of the classification used here. The most recent classifications include only four families in the superfamily; Noctuidae, Oenosandridae, Doidae, and Notodontidae. The Noctuidae or Owlet moths are a family of robustly-built Moths that includes more than 35000 known species out of possibly 100000 total in more than 4200 genera Oenosandridae is a family of noctuoid moths in the Order Lepidoptera. Doidae is a family of Lepidoptera.;Selected genera Doa (eg Doa ampla) Notodontidae is a family of Moths with approximately 3500 known species The remaining four families listed here are presently all considered subfamilies within Noctuidae.
References
Kitching, I. J. and Rawlins, J. E. (1999). The Noctuoidea. In: Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography, ed. N. P. Kristensen, pp. 355-401. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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