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Fringe-tufted Moth
Epermeniidae or the fringe-tufted moths is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order with about 14 genera. Previously they have been divided in two subfamilies Epermeniinae and Ochromolopinae (e.g. Common, 1990: 321) but this is no longer maintained since the last group is probably hierarchically nested within the first (Dugdale et al., 1999). They are presently placed in their own superfamily but have previously been placed among the Yponomeutoidea or Copromorphoidea with which they share some features. Their systematic placement among the apoditrysian group "Obtectomera" (having pupal segments I-IV immobile) is however uncertain. They show some morphological similarities to the "plume moths" (Alucitoidea and Pterophoroidea), for example the wing fringe has similar groups of scales (Dugdale et al., 1999). There are also some similarities to Schreckensteinioidea, for example spiny legs and at least in some species an open-network cocoon. The genus ''Thambotricha'' from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epermenia Illigerella
''Epermenia illigerella'' is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is known from most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula), as well as western Siberia and the Altai region. The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The larvae feed on the leaves of ''Aegopodium podagrariae ''Aegopodium'' is a plant genus of the family Apiaceae native to Europe and western Asia. It is represented by about seven species, all are perennial herbs. Flowers are compounded, umbels appearing in spring-summer and are visited by many types o ...''. References External linkslepiforum.de Epermeniidae Moths of Europe Moths described in 1813 Moths of Asia {{Epermenioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scale (anatomy)
In most biological nomenclature, a scale ( grc, λεπίς, lepís; la, squāma) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection. In lepidopteran (butterfly and moth) species, scales are plates on the surface of the insect wing, and provide coloration. Scales are quite common and have evolved multiple times through convergent evolution, with varying structure and function. Scales are generally classified as part of an organism's integumentary system. There are various types of scales according to shape and to class of animal. Fish scales File:Ganoid scales.png, Ganoid scales on a carboniferous fish ''Amblypterus striatus'' File:Denticules cutanés du requin citron Negaprion brevirostris vus au microscope électronique à balayage.jpg, Placoid scales on a lemon shark (''Negaprion brevirostris'') File:RutilusRutilusScalesLateralLine.JPG, Cycloid scales on a common roach (''Rutilus rutilus'') Fish scales are dermally derived, specifically i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthropod Leg
The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. Many of the terms used for arthropod leg segments (called podomeres) are of Latin origin, and may be confused with terms for bones: ''coxa'' (meaning hip, plural ''coxae''), ''trochanter'', ''femur'' (plural ''femora''), ''tibia'' (plural ''tibiae''), ''tarsus'' (plural ''tarsi''), ''ischium'' (plural ''ischia''), ''metatarsus'', ''carpus'', ''dactylus'' (meaning finger), ''patella'' (plural ''patellae''). Homologies of leg segments between groups are difficult to prove and are the source of much argument. Some authors posit up to eleven segments per leg for the most recent common ancestor of extant arthropods but modern arthropods have eight or fewer. It has been argued that the ancestral leg need not have been so complex, and that other events, such as successive loss of function of a ''Hox''-gene, could result in parallel gains of leg segments. In arthropods, each of the leg segments ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this. Taxonomy and systematics * Pleurotinae Toll, 1956 * Deuterogoniinae Spuler, 1910 * Unplaced ** '' Colchia'' Lvovsky, 1995 Also possibly included is the Peruvian species '' Auxotricha ochrogypsa'', described by Edward Meyrick in 1931 as the sole member of its genus. In the past, the family was circumscribed more widely and included the following subfamilies: * Amphisbatinae (sometimes in Depressariinae) * Autostichinae * Depressariinae (including Cryptolechiinae) * Hypertrophinae * Metachandinae * Oecophorinae (including Chimabachinae, Deuterogoniinae, Peleopodinae, Philobotinae) * Stathmopodinae * Stenomatinae Some treatments include only the Oecophorinae and Stathmopodinae here, placing the others elsewhere in the Gelechoidea (typica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stathmopodinae
Stathmopodidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. Taxonomy and systematics *'' Actinoscelis'' Meyrick, 1912 *'' Aeoloscelis'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Arauzona'' Walker, 865/small> *'' Atrijuglans'' Yang, 1977 *''Calicotis'' Meyrick, 1889 *'' Cuprina'' Sinev, 1988 *'' Dolophrosynella'' T. B. Fletcher, 1940 *'' Ethirastis'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Eudaemoneura'' Diakonoff, 1948 *''Hieromantis'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Lamprystica'' Meyrick, 1914 *'' Minomona'' Matsumura, 1931 *'' Molybdurga'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Mylocera'' Turner, 1898 *''Neomariania'' Mariani, 1943 *''Oedematopoda'' Zeller, 1852 *''Pachyrhabda'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Phytophlops'' Viette, 1958 *'' Pseudaegeria'' Walsingham, 1889 *'' Snellenia'' Walsingham, 1889 *''Stathmopoda ''Stathmopoda'' is a genus of moths of the subfamily Stathmopodinae in the family Oecophoridae. Note that the phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved. Selected species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocelli
A simple eye (sometimes called a pigment pit) refers to a form of eye or an optical arrangement composed of a single lens and without an elaborate retina such as occurs in most vertebrates. In this sense "simple eye" is distinct from a multi-lensed "compound eye", and is not necessarily at all simple in the usual sense of the word. The structure of an animal's eye is determined by the environment in which it lives, and the behavioural tasks it must fulfill to survive. Arthropods differ widely in the habitats in which they live, as well as their visual requirements for finding food or conspecifics, and avoiding predators. Consequently, an enormous variety of eye types are found in arthropods. They possess a wide variety of novel solutions to overcome visual problems or limitations. Use of the term ''simple eye'' is flexible, and must be interpreted in proper context; for example, the eyes of humans and of other large animals such as most cephalopods, are ''camera eyes'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnathifera (moth)
''Gnathifera'' is a genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae. Species *''Gnathifera acacivorella'' Gaedike, 1968 (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia) *'' Gnathifera aphronesa'' (Meyrick, 1897) (originally in ''Epermenia'') (Australia: Tasmania) *'' Gnathifera australica'' (Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia) *'' Gnathifera bidentella'' (Australia) *'' Gnathifera bipunctata'' (Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia) *'' Gnathifera queenslandi'' (Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') *''Gnathifera eurybias'' (Meyrick, 1897) (originally in ''Epermenia'') (Australia: Tasmania) *''Gnathifera hollowayi'' Gaedike, 1981 *''Gnathifera opsias'' (Meyrick, 1897) (originally in ''Epermenia'') (Australia: Tasmania) *''Gnathifera paraphronesa'' (Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') *''Gnathifera paropsias'' (Gaedike, 1972) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia) *''Gnathifera proserga'' (Meyrick, 1913) *''Gnathifera ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochromolopis
''Ochromolopis'' is a genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1824. Species *'' Ochromolopis cana'' Gaedike, 2013 *'' Ochromolopis chelyodes'' (Meyrick, 1910) (originally in ''Epermenia'') *'' Ochromolopis cornutifera'' Gaedike, 1968 (Australia) *'' Ochromolopis ictella'' (Hübner, 1813) (originally in ''Tinea'') *'' Ochromolopis incrassa'' Clarke, 1971 *''Ochromolopis ithycentra ''Ochromolopis ithycentra'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost co ...'' (Meyrick, 1926) *'' Ochromolopis kaszabi'' Gaedike, 1973 *'' Ochromolopis namibica'' Gaedike, 2004 *'' Ochromolopis pallida'' Gaedike, 2004 *'' Ochromolopis ramapoella'' (Kearfott, 1903) (originally in ''Epermenia'') *'' Ochromolopis sagittella'' Gaedike, 2013 *'' Ochromolopis staintonellus'' (Millière, 1869) *'' Ochromol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epermenia
''Epermenia'' is a genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species *Subgenus ''Calotripis'' Hübner, 1825 **'' Epermenia aarviki'' Gaedike, 2013 **''Epermenia aequidentellus'' (Hofmann, 1867) (originally in ''Chauliodus'') **'' Epermenia albapunctella'' Busck, 1908 **'' Epermenia bicornis'' Gaedike, 2004 **'' Epermenia boliviana'' Gaedike, 2010 **'' Epermenia brasiliana'' Gaedike & Becker, 1989 **'' Epermenia brevilineolata'' Gaedike, 2004 **'' Epermenia bulbosa'' Krüger, 2004 **'' Epermenia californica'' Gaedike, 1977 **'' Epermenia canadensis'' Gaedike, 2008 **'' Epermenia chaerophyllella'' Goeze **'' Epermenia cicutaella'' Kearfott, 1903 **'' Epermenia conioptila'' Meyrick, 1921 **'' Epermenia costomaculata'' Gaedike, 2013 **'' Epermenia criticodes'' Meyrick, 1913 **'' Epermenia dallastai'' Gaedike, 2013 **'' Epermenia exilis'' Meyrick, 1897 (Australia) **'' Epermenia falcata'' Gaedike, 2008 **'' Epermenia falciformis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extant Taxon
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, '' recent'') organisms. It is the study of extant taxa (singular: extant taxon): taxa (such as species, genera and families) with members still alive, as opposed to (all) being extinct. For example: * The moose (''Alces alces'') is an extant species, and the dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an extinct species. * In the group of molluscs known as the cephalopods, there were approximately 600 extant species and 7,500 extinct species. A taxon can be classified as extinct if it is broadly agreed or certified that no members of the group are still alive. Conversely, an extinct taxon can be reclassified as extant if there are new discoveries of living species ("Lazarus species"), or if previously-known extant species are reclassified as members of the taxon. Most biologists, zoologists, and botanists are in practice neontologists, and the term neontologist is used large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Group
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree. Definition The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram: Taxon A and taxon B are sister groups to each other. Taxa A and B, together with any other extant or extinct descendants of their most recent common ancestor (MRCA), form a monophyletic group, the clade AB. Clade AB and taxon C are also sister groups. Taxa A, B, and C, together with all other descendants of their MRCA form the clade ABC. The whole clade ABC is itself a subtree of a larger tree which offers yet more sister group relationships, both among the leaves and among larger, more deeply rooted clades. The tree structure shown connects through its root to the rest of the universal tree of life. In cladistic standards, taxa A, B, and C may represent specimens, species, genera, or any other taxonomic units. If A and B are at the same taxonomic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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