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11,000 species | | Type Species | Arctia caja
(Garden Tiger Moth) | | Subfamilies | | Arctiinae
Ctenuchinae
Lithosiinae
Pericopinae
Syntominae Image File history File links Tyria_jacobaeae_(Edkins). ...
Binomial name Tyria jacobaeae Linnaeus, 1748 The Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured arctiid moth, found in Europe and western and central Asia. ...
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Phyla Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...
Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ...
Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ...
Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About...
Families See Lepidoptera. ...
Diversity over 70,000 species Noctuoidea is the superfamily of noctuid moths. ...
William Elford Leach FRS (February 2, 1790 - August 26, 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. ...
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This is a list of the Diversity of the Lepidotera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and, where available, family. ...
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Binomial name Arctia caja Linnaeus, 1758 The garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. ...
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Arctiinae is a subfamily of moth. ...
| Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, with 6000 Neotropical species (Scoble 1995). This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths (or tigers), which usually have bright colours, footmen (which are usually much drabber), lichen moths and wasp moths. Many species have 'hairy' caterpillars which are popularly known as woolly bears. The scientific name refers to this (Gk. αρκτος = a bear). Caterpillars may also go by the name 'tussock moths' (more usually this refers to Lymantriidae, however). Lymantriidae is a family of moths with about 2500 known species found in all parts of the world. ...
The most distinctive feature of the family is a tymbal organ on the metathorax (Scoble 1995). This organ has membranes which are vibrated to produce ultrasonic sounds. They also have thoracic tympanal organs for hearing, a trait which has a fairly broad distribution in the Lepidoptera but the location and structure is distinctive to the family. Other distinctive traits are particular setae ('hairs') on the larvae, wing venation, and a pair of glands near the ovipositor (Scoble, 1995). The sounds are used in mating (Simmons and Conner 1996) and defense against predators (Fullard et al, 1994). A hearing organ in insects, consisting of a membrane (tympanum) stretched across a frame backed by an air sac. ...
Many species retain distasteful or poisonous chemicals acquired from their host plants (Weller et al., 1999). Some species also have the ability to make their own defenses (Nishida, 2002). Common defenses include: cardiac glycosides (or cardenolides), pyrrolizidine alkaloids, pyrazines and histamines (Weller et al., 1999). Larvae usually acquire these chemicals, and may retain them in the adult stage. But adults can acquire them too, but regurgitating on decomposing plants containing the compounds, and sucking up the fluid (Weller et al., 1999). Adults can transfer the defenses to their eggs, and males sometimes transfer them to females to help with defense of the eggs. Larval 'hairs' may be stinging, due to histamines the caterpillar makes in some species, but not all. Cardiac glycosides are drugs used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia. ...
Diagram of Ephedrine An alkaloid is a nitrogenous organic molecule that has a pharmacological effect on humans and animals. ...
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Histamine is a biogenic amine chemical involved in local immune responses as well as regulating physiological function in the gut and acting as a neurotransmitter. ...
The insects advertise these defenses with aposematic bright coloration, unusual postures, odours, or, in adults, ultrasonic vibrations. Some mimic moths that are poisonous, or wasps that sting (Simmons and Weller, 2002). The ultrasound signals help nocturnal predators to learn to avoid the moths (Dunning and Roeder 1965, Hristov and Conner, 2005), and can interfere with the bat's ability to precisely locate flying moths (Ratcliffe and Fullard, 2005). The bright colours of this Yellow-winged Darter dragonfly serve as a warning to predators of its noxious taste. ...
A mimic is any species that has evolved to appear similar to another successful species in order to dupe predators into avoiding the mimic, or dupe prey into approaching the mimic. ...
Many of the caterpillars and adults are active during the daytime. If disturbed, woolly bear caterpillars will roll into a tight spiral. Common folklore has it that the forthcoming severity of a winter can be predicted by the amount of black on the Isabella tiger moth's caterpillar, the most familiar woolly bear in North America; however the relative width of the black band varies among instars, not according to weather (Wagner 2005). Isabella tiger moths (Pyrrharctia isabella) overwinter in the caterpillar stage. They can survive freezing at moderate subzero temperatures by producing a cryo-protectant chemical (Layne and Kuharsky 2000). The larvae of another species, Phragmatobia fuliginosa may be found on snow seeking a place to pupate. Binomial name Pyrrharctia isabella (JE Smith, 1797) The common moth Pyrrharctia isabella is known by different common names at its two main life stages. ...
Although they may be abundant, few species in this family are of economic importance. Even the fall webworm, an abundant and highly polyphagous tree-feeding species that has spread from North America to Asia and Europe, does not do lasting damage to healthy hosts. Binomial name Hyphantria cunea Drury, 1773 Fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea, is a moth in the family Arctiidae known principally for its larval stage, where it creates the characteristic webbed nests on the tree limbs of a wide variety of hardwoods in the late summer and fall. ...
Subfamilies, tribes, and some genera and species within them: - Lithosiinae -- footmen or lichen moths
- Cyana
- Crambomorpha
- Atolmis
- Eilema lurideola -- Common Footman
- Setina
- Miltochrista
- Pelosia
- Setina
- Hypoprepia'
- Cisthene
- Crambidia'
- Syntominae --
- Amata
- Rhipidarctia
- Automolis
- Balacra
- Amata
- Arctiinae -- woolly bears
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- Arctiini
- Amphicallia
- Arctia caja -- Great tiger moth
- Creatonos
- Diaphora
- Diacrisia
- Paracles
- Virbia
- Platyprepia
- Pyrrharctia isabella Woolly bear or Isabella tiger moth
- Phragmatobia
- Spilosoma luteum -- Buff Ermine
- Apantesis
- Estigmene
- Seirarctia
- Hyphantria cunea -- Fall webworm
- Hypercompe scribonia-- Giant Leopard Moth
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- Pericopiini
- Dysschema
- Composia
- Gynophaela
- Hyalurga
- Hypocrita
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- Ctenuchini
- Cisseps
- Dinia
- Ctenucha
- Eucereon
- Lymire
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- Euchromini -- wasp moths
- Syntomeida
- Euchromia
- Macrocneme
- Empyreuma
- Cosmosoma
Binomial name Eilema lurideola Zincken, 1817 The Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. ...
Binomial name Pyrrharctia isabella (JE Smith, 1797) The common moth Pyrrharctia isabella is known by different common names at its two main life stages. ...
Binomial name Spilosoma luteum Hufnagel, 1766 The Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. ...
Binomial name Hyphantria cunea Drury, 1773 Fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea, is a moth in the family Arctiidae known principally for its larval stage, where it creates the characteristic webbed nests on the tree limbs of a wide variety of hardwoods in the late summer and fall. ...
Binomial name Ecpantheria scribonia (Stoll, 1790) The Giant Leopard Moth (Ecpantheria scribonia) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. ...
Species Nyctemera annulata Nyctemera amica The Magpie moth is a name for species of day-flying moth found in New Zealand (Nyctemera annulata) and Australia (Nyctemera amica). ...
Cycnia tenera, the Dogbane tiger-moth or Delicate Cycnia is a moth in the family Arctiidae. ...
Euchaetes egle, the milkweed tussock caterpillar or milkweed tiger moth, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. ...
Binomial name Tyria jacobaeae Linnaeus, 1758 The Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured arctiid moth, found in Europe and western and central Asia. ...
Binomial name Tyria jacobaeae Linnaeus, 1748 The Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured arctiid moth, found in Europe and western and central Asia. ...
Binomial name Callimorpha dominula Linnaeus, 1758 The Scarlet Tiger Moth Nomenclature Common Names The Scarlet Tiger Moth. ...
Halysidota tessellaris, the banded tussock moth or pale tussock moth or tessellated halisidota, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. ...
Lophocampa caryae, the hickory tussock moth or hickory halisidota, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. ...
Gallery Grammia parthenice Tiger Moth Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 601 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Moth Arctiidae User:PiccoloNamek/Gallery Visual gallery of Arctiidae Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from...
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| Giant Leopard Moth Ecpantheria scribonia Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1300x1210, 371 KB) Giant Leopard Moth (Ecpantheria scribonia) Image copyright 2005 by user Lorax and released under the terms of the GFDL File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not...
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| Woolly Bear Pyrrharctia isabellae Image File history File linksMetadata Woolly-Bear-Caterpillar. ...
| Arctia villica Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1089x627, 113 KB) Arctia villica wings: cutted en pasted from IC_Arctia_villica1. ...
| Late instar of Milkweed tussock moth, Euchaetes egle Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (968x1629, 551 KB) Delton, MI, USA on milkweed File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Arctiidae Euchaetes egle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the...
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Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About...
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Diversity 5 species (see text) Genera Catapterix Acanthopteroctetes Acanthopteroctetidae, also known as the archaic sun moths, is a very small family, with three species residing in western North America and one found in Crimea. ...
Diversity 3 genera Genera Acrolepia Curtis, 1838 Acrolepiopsis Gaedike, 1970 Digitivalva Gaedike, 1970 The Acrolepiidae family of moths are also known as False Diamondback moths. ...
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Subfamilies Adelinae Nematopogoninae Unassigned Adelidae is the name of a family of moths that contains the fairy moths. ...
Genus Agathiphaga Agathiphagidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. ...
Author: Meyrick, 1926 Type species: Agonoxena argaula Diversity: ? genera ? species Genera Agonoxena (see text) The Agonoxenidae family of moths only contains four named species in the whole world (if, following Nielsen et al (1996) the Blastodacnidae are considered to be a separate family) : Agonoxena argaula (Coconut Leafminer) is a pest...
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Author: Leach, 1815 Type species: Alucita hexadactyla Diversity: 9 genera 130 species Genera Alinguata Alucita Hebdomactis Hexeretmis Microschismus Paelia Prymnotomis Pterotopteryx Triscaedecia The Alucitidae or many-plumed moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. ...
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Genera Aciloa Amauta Athis Castnia Castniomera Castnius Ceretes Chremes Corybantes Cyerina Daguana Divana Dominickus Duboisvalia Enicospila Erythrocastnia Escalantiana Eupalamides Feschaeria Frostetola Gazera Geyeria Haemonides Hista Imara Ircila Lapaeumides Leucocastnia Melanosema Mirocastnia Neocastnia Oiticicastnia Paysandisia Prometheus Riechia Spilopastes Synemon Synpalamides Tascina Telchin Tosxampila Xanthocastnia Yagra Ypanema Zegara Castniidae is a small...
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genera Abaraschia Aesyle Agapalsa Amblyxena Amselghia Amseliphora Apista Apocopta Aporiptura Ardania Argyractinia Ascleriducta Atractula Augasma Bacescuia Baraschia Belina Benanderpia Bima Bourgogneja Calcomarginia Carpochena Casas Casinetella Characia Chedra Chnoocera Coleophora Corethropoea Cornulivalvulia Corythangela Cricotechna Damophila Ductispira Dumitrescumia Duospina Ecebalia Enscepastra Eupista Eustaintonia Falkovitshia Frederickoenigia Glaseria Globulia Glochis Goniodoma Hamuliella Haploptilia Helopharea...
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subfamilies Cossinae Zeuzerinae Cossidae is a family of moths. ...
Author: Latreille, 1810 Type species: Crambus pascuella Diversity: ? genera 11,630 species Subfamilies Cathariinae Crambinae Cybalomiinae Dichogaminae Evergestinae Glaphyriinae Linostinae Midilinae Musotiminae Noordinae Nymphulinae Odontiinae Pyraustinae Schoenobiinae Scopariinae Spilomelinae Wurthiinae The Crambidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths). ...
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genera Acraga Acragopsis Anacraga Ca Dalargentina Dalcera Dalcerides Dalcerina Epipinconia Minacraga Minacragides Minonoa Oroya Paracraga Pinconia Protocraga Zadalcera Zikanyrops Dalceridae is a small family of moths with 84 known species. ...
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The small Lepidopteran family Douglasiidae includes several species of moths whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths and whose larvae are leaf miners. ...
Genera ? The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 1000 species recorded worldwide. ...
Dudgeneidae is a family of moths. ...
Author: Bruand, 1851 Type species: Elachista bifasciella Diversity: 165 genera 3,270 species Genera Elachista (etc) The Elachistidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths). ...
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Author: Stainton, 1854 Type species: Gelechia rhombella Diversity: 507 genera 4,530 species Genera Gelechia (etc) The Gelechiidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths). ...
Diversity about 2,000 genera 26,000 species Type Species Geometra papilionaria (large emerald moth) Subfamilies Alsophilinae Archiearinae Desmobathrinae Ennominae Geometrinae Larentiinae Oenochrominae Orthostixinae Sterrhinae Inchworm redirects here. ...
Gracillariidae is a relatively large family of the order Lepidoptera. ...
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genera Abantiades Aenetus Afrotheora Andeabatis Antihepialus Aoraia Aplatissa Bipectilis Blanchardina Bordaia Calada Callipielus Cibyra Cladoxycanus Dalaca Dioxycanus Druceiella Dumbletonius Elhamma Endoclyta Eudalaca Fraus Gazoryctra Gorgopis Heloxycanus Hepialiscus Hepialus Jeana Korscheltellus Leto Metahepialus Napialus Neohepialus Oncopera Oxycanus Palpifer Parahepialiscus Pfitzneriana Pfitzneriella Pharmacis Phassodes Phassus Phialuse Phymatopus Puermytrans Roseala Schausiana Sthenopis Thitarodes...
Type species Hesperia comma Silver-spotted skipper Diversity 550 genera 3,500 species Subfamilies Coeliadinae Pyrrhopyginae Hesperiinae Heteropterinae Pyrginae Trapezitinae The Skippers are a group of insects in the order Lepidoptera. ...
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Genera Alloclemensia Basileura Clistoses Excurvaria Incurvaria Incurvarites Paraclemensia Phylloporia Procacitas Protaephagus Rhathamictis Simacauda Tanysaccus Vespina Incurvariidae is a family of small moths. ...
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Diversity 5 subfamilies, 150 genera, 1500 species SubFamilies Macromphaliinae Gastropachinae Lasiocampinae Chondrosteginae The Lasiocampidae family of moths, also known as Snout or Lappet moths Caterpillars of this family are large in size and are most often hairy, especially on their sides. ...
Diversity 400 genera 1000 species Limacodidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea (Scoble, 1992); the placement is in dispute. ...
Subfamilies Lycaeninae- Coppers Miletinae- Harvesters Polyommatinae- Blues Theclinae- Hairstreaks, Elfins The Lycaenidae or copper butterfly are a large family of butterflies, also known as the Gossamer-winged butterflies. ...
Lymantriidae is a family of moths with about 2500 known species found in all parts of the world. ...
Genera Trosia Lagoa Megalopyge Norape Megalopygidae is the technical name of a group of insect species known generally as crinkled flannel moths, a European moth with caterpillars which often resemble cotton balls except they have mildly venomous spines in their fuzz. ...
Diversity 1 family 120-150 species Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of mandibulate archaic moths, all placed in the single family Micropterigidae. ...
Genera Acalyptris Areticulata Artaversala Astigmella Bohemannia Dechtiria Ectoedemia Enteucha Etainia Fedalmia Fomoria Glaucolepis Johanssoniella Laqueus Levarchama Manoneura Microcalyptris Nepticula Niepeltia Parafomoria Pectinivalva Simplimorpha Sinopticula Stigmella Trifurcula Varius Varus Zimmermannia Nepticulidae is a family of moths with a worldwide distribution. ...
Diversity 4,200 genera 35,000 species Type Species Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) Subfamilies Acontiinae Acronictinae Aganainae Agaristinae Amphipyrinae Amphipyrinae Bagisarinae Bryophilinae Calpinae Catocalinae Cocytiinae Condicinae Cuculliinae Dilobinae Eucocytiinae Eustrotiinae Euteliinae Glottulinae Hadeninae Heliothinae Herminiinae Hypeninae Ipimorphinae Noctuinae Plusiinae Psaphidinae Raphiinae Stictopterinae Stiriinae Strepsimaninae Ufeinae The Noctuidae or Owlets...
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1400 described species worldwide. ...
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3500 known species. ...
Subfamilies Apaturinae Argynninae Biblidinae Calinaginae Charaxinae Cyrestinae Danainae Heliconiinae Libytheinae Limenitidinae Morphinae Nymphalinae Satyrinae Author: Swainson, 1827 Type species: Nymphalis polychloros (Large Tortoiseshell) Diversity: 633 genera, 5,698 species The Nymphalidae are a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies. ...
Author: Bruand, 1851 Type species: Oecophora sulphurella Diversity: ? genera 7000? species Subfamilies Autostichinae Depressariinae Hypertrophinae Oecophorinae Stathmopodinae Stenomatinae Xyloryctinae The Oecophoridae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths). ...
Oenosandridae is a Family in Order Lepidoptera. ...
Type species Papilio machaon (Old World Swallowtail) Subfamilies and genera There are 26 genera and about 605 species: Subfamily Baroniinae Baronia Subfamily Parnassiinae Archon Hypermnestra Parnassus Luehdorfia Bhutantis Alancastria Serecinus Subfamily Papilioninae Eurytides Graphium Iphiclides Lamproptera Mimoides Protesilaus Protographium Teinopalpus Atrophaneura Battus Byasa Cressida Euryades Losaria Ornithoptera Pachliopta Parides Pharmacophagus...
Type species Pieris brassicae (Large White) Diversity 76 genera 1,051 species Subfamilies Dismorphiinae Pseudopontiinae Pierinae Coliadinae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies. ...
Genera Parategeticula Tegeticula Prodoxus The Prodoxidae is a family of moths commonly known as the yucca moths. ...
Diversity About 600 species Type Species Psyche carpini (= Psyche casta) Subfamilies Epichnopteriginae Naryciinae Oiketicinae Placodominae Psychinae Scoriodytinae Taleporiinae Typhoniinae The Psychidae or Bagworms are a family of the Lepidoptera. ...
Author: Zeller, 1841 Type species: Pterophorus pentadactyla Diversity: 73 genera 986 species Subfamilies Agdistinae Deuterocopinae Macropiratinae Ochyroticinae Pterophorinae Genera Pterophorus and some 90 others The Pterophoridae or plume-moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. ...
Author: Latreille, 1802 Type species: Pyralis farinalis Diversity: ? genera 6,150 species Subfamilies Chrysauginae Epipaschiinae Galleriinae Nymphulinae Phycitinae Pyralinae The Pyralidae or snout-moths are a family of Lepidoptera (moths). ...
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Subfamilies Arsenurinae Ceratocampinae Hemileucinae Agliinae Ludiinae Salassinae Saturniinae The Saturniidae, collectively known as saturniids, are among the largest and most spectacular of the lepidoptera, with an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 different species existing worldwide. ...
Author: Boisduval, 1828 Type species: Sesia apiformis (Hornet moth) Diversity: 123 genera 1,123 species Subfamilies Sesiinae Tinthiinae Genera Sesia Synanthedon and many others The Sesiidae or Clearwing moths are a family of the Lepidoptera in which the wings have hardly any of the normal lepidopteran scales, leaving them transparent. ...
Genera See text. ...
Genera Macroglossinae Smerinthinae Sphinginae etc. ...
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. ...
Type species Tortrix viridana (Green Oak Moth) Diversity 755 genera 6,338 species Subfamilies Chlidanotinae Tortricinae Olethreutinae The Tortricidae or tortix moths are a family of the Lepidoptera. ...
The Uraniidae are a family of moths containing four subfamilies, ninety genera, and roughly seven-hundred species. ...
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Ypsolophidae is a family of moth. ...
Type species Zygaena filipendulae (Six-Spot Burnet moth) Subfamilies Callizygaeninae Chalcosiinae Phaudinae Procridinae Zygaeninae The Zygaenidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths) typically day-flying with a slow fluttering flight, and with rather clubbed antennae. ...
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