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List Of Moths Of Australia (Incurvariidae)
{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 This is a list of the Australian moth species of the family (biology), family Incurvariidae. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia. *''Perthida glyphopa'' Common, 1969 *''Perthida pentaspila'' (Meyrick, 1916) *''Perthida phoenicopa'' (Meyrick, 1893) *''Perthida tetraspila'' (Lower, 1905) The following species belong to the family Incurvariidae, but have not been assigned to a genus yet. Given here is the original name given to the species when it was first described: *''Tinea aelurodes'' Meyrick, 1893 *''Tinea epimochla'' Meyrick, 1893 *''Tinea incredibilis'' Meyrick, 1920 *''Tinea microspora'' Meyrick, 1893 *''Tinea monopthalma'' Meyrick, 1893 *''Tinea nectarea'' Meyrick, 1893 *''Tinea phauloptera'' Meyrick, 1893 *''Tinea spodina'' Meyrick, 1893 *''Tinea vetula'' Meyrick, 1893 External links Incurvariidae at Australian Faunal Directory Lists of moths of Australia, Incurvariidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
