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Ptyssoptera
''Ptyssoptera'' is a genus of moths in the family Palaephatidae Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou .... Species * '' Ptyssoptera acrozyga'' * '' Ptyssoptera lativittella'' * '' Ptyssoptera melitocoma'' * '' Ptyssoptera phaeochrysa'' * '' Ptyssoptera teleochra'' * '' Ptyssoptera tetropa'' * '' Ptyssoptera tryphera'' References Palaephatidae Monotrysia genera {{Palaephatoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyssoptera Acrozyga
''Ptyssoptera acrozyga'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou ... that is found in Western Australia. References Moths described in 1893 Palaephatidae {{Palaephatoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyssoptera Lativittella
''Ptyssoptera lativittella'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou ... that is found in New South Wales, Australia. References Moths described in 1864 Palaephatidae {{Palaephatoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyssoptera Melitocoma
''Ptyssoptera melitocoma'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou .... It is found in New South Wales, Australia. References Moths described in 1893 Palaephatidae {{Palaephatoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyssoptera Phaeochrysa
''Ptyssoptera phaeochrysa'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou .... It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. References Moths described in 1926 Palaephatidae {{Palaephatoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyssoptera Teleochra
''Ptyssoptera teleochra'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou .... It is found in New South Wales, Australia. References Moths described in 1893 Palaephatidae {{Palaephatoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyssoptera Tetropa
''Ptyssoptera tetropa'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou .... It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and South Australia. References Moths described in 1893 Palaephatidae {{Palaephatoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyssoptera Tryphera
''Ptyssoptera tryphera'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. The larvae feed between silk-joined leaves of their food plant ''Persoonia levis ''Persoonia levis'', commonly known as the broad-leaved geebung, is a shrub native to New South Wales and Victoria in eastern Australia. It reaches 5 m (16 ft) in height and has dark grey papery bark and bright green asymmetrical sickl ...''. External linksAustralian Faunal Directory Moths of Australia Moths described in 1893 Palaephatidae Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Palaephatoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaephatidae
Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with four species in eastern Australia and Tasmania and one in South Africa (Davis, 1999). The larvae spin together leaves of Proteaceae (''Ptyssoptera'') or Verbenaceae (''Azaleodes'') (Nielsen, 1987). Palaephatoidea, a typical monotrysian group, is one two main candidates as the sister group of most of the Lepidoptera, the Ditrysia (see Tischerioidea Tischerioidea is the superfamily of "trumpet" leaf miner moths. The superfamily contains just one family, Tischeriidae, and traditionally one genus, '' Tischeria'', but currently three genera are recognised, widespread around the world including ... and also Wiegmann ''et al.'', 2002). References *Davis, D.R. (1986). A new family of monotrysian moth from austral South America (Lepidoptera: Pa ... [...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] |
