Homophylotis Pseudothyridota
''Homophylotis pseudothyridota'' is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Australia from north-eastern Queensland. The length of the forewings is 5–5.5 mm for males and 5 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is dark greyish brown, sometimes with a faint greenish tinge. The underside is paler. The hindwing upper- and underside is dark greyish brown, with a translucent central area of variable size and shape crossed by densely scaled fuscous veins. References Moths described in 2005 Procridinae {{Zygaenidae-stub ...
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Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ...
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