Yponomeutoidea
Superfamily of moths
Yponomeutoidea | |
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Ermine moth, Yponomeuta evonymella | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Clade: | Ditrysia |
Superfamily: | Yponomeutoidea |
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Diversity | |
Over 1,500 species of micromoths |
Yponomeutoidea is a superfamily of ermine moths and relatives. There are about 1,800 species of Yponomeutoids worldwide, most of them known to come from temperate regions.[1] This superfamily is one of the earliest groups to evolve external feeding and to colonize herbs in addition to shrubs and trees.[1]
Families
The family composition of Yponomeutoidea has varied over time, with a 2013 study assigning eleven families:[2]
- Argyresthiidae
- Attevidae
- Bedelliidae
- Glyphipterigidae
- Heliodinidae
- Lyonetiidae
- Plutellidae
- Praydidae
- Scythropiidae
- Yponomeutidae
- Ypsolophidae
Etymology
The word Yponomeutoidea comes from the Ancient Greek ὑπό (ypo) meaning under and νομός (nomós) meaning food or dwelling, thus "feeding secretly, or burrow".[3]
References
- ^ a b Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2013). Molecular phylogenetics, biodiversity and life history evolution of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia), with a catalog and an overview of the lepidopteran fossils (PhD thesis). University of Maryland. hdl:1903/14442.
- ^ Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2013, January 31); Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Davis, Donald; Landry, Jean-Francois; Zwick, Andreas; Cummings, Michael P. (2013). "A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use". PLOS ONE. 8 (1). Plos: e55066. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...855066S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055066. PMC 3561450. PMID 23383061.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Westwood, J. O. (October 1837). Loudon, John Claudius (ed.). "A series of Articles on the Insects most Injurious to Cultivators -- No. 8. The small Ermine Moth". The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement. 13: 434. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
- van Nieukirken et al., 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In:Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal Biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 212-221.
External links
- leptree
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Extant Lepidoptera families
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Infraclass: Neoptera
- Superorder: Holometabola
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