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Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of pyralid-like moths with two genera whose biology and relationships among the Ditrysia [1] is currently unknown, namely the Australian Metaprotus (2 species)[2] and the China and North Indian Simaethistis (2 species) (Dugdale 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 Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of Pyralid -like moths with two genera whose biology and relationships among the Ditrysia is currently unknown namely 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 The Pyraloidea ( pyraloid moths) are a Moth Superfamily containing about 16000 described Species worldwide (Munroe & Solis 1998 and probably The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of Insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and Moths , 1999).
References
- Dugdale, J. S. , Kristensen, N. P. , Robinson, G. S. and Scoble, M. J. (1999). The smaller microlepidoptera-grade superfamilies. Ch. 13, P. 219 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.
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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