Lasiocampoidea
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| Lasiocampoidea | |
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| Oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Lasiocampoidea |
| Families | |
| Diversity | |
| over 1,600 species | |
Lasiocampoidea is the superfamily of "lappet moths", containing two families of small to very large moths. Lasiocampidae have a global distribution, whilst Anthelidae ("Australian lappet moths") are found only in Australia and New Zealand. There are about 158 genera. See Lemaire and Minet (1999) for a detailed overview.
The group is closely related to the Bombycoidea and sometimes merged therein.
[edit] References
- Lemaire, C. & Minet, J. (1999). The Bombycoidea and their relatives. Pp. 321-353 In: Kristensen, N.P. (ed.), Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie 4 (35): 321-353. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin, New York.
[edit] Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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