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Whalleyana Viette, 1977 is an enigmatic genus of moths in the Lepidopteran group Obtectomera[1] endemic to Madagascar containing two species, whose biology and closest relatives is unknown. 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 The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of Insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and Moths 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 Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. This genus was previously placed in the picture-winged leaf moths (Thyrididae) but then placed in its own family (Minet, 1991) and later elevated to its own superfamily (Dugdale et al. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Thyrididae is the picture-winged leaf moths family of Moths in the Lepidoptera order , 1999: 229-230); see also Fänger (2004).
References
- Dugdale, J. S. , Kristensen, N. P. , Robinson, G. S. and Scoble, M. J. (1999). The non-Glossatan Moths. Ch. 13, pp. 217-233 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.
- Fänger, H. . 2004. Comparative morphology of tergal phragmata occurring in the dorsal thoraco-abdominal junction of ditrysian Lepidoptera (Insecta). Zoomorphology, 119 (3): 163-183. pdf
- Minet, J. (1991). Tentative reconstruction of the ditrysian phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Glossata). Entomologica Scandinavica, 22: 69-95.
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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