Cimeliidae, the gold moths (formerly known as Axiidae
), is a family of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s that is now placed in the
macroheterocera
The Macroheterocera are a well supported clade of moths that are closely related to butterflies and macro-moths.
Taxonomy
The Macroheterocera includes the following superfamilies:
* Mimallonoidea – sack bearers (variously included in basal ...
n superfamily
Drepanoidea
Drepanoidea is the superfamily of "hook tip moths". See Minet and Scoble (1999) for a comprehensive overview.
References
* Minet, J. and Scoble, M.J. (1999). The Drepanoid/Geometroid Assemblage. Ch. 17 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). ''Lepidoptera ...
, although previously placed in its own superfamily.
[ Uniquely, they have a pair of pocket-like organs on the seventh abdominal spiracle of the adult moth]Euphorbia
''Euphorbia'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae.
Euphorbias range from tiny annual plants to large and long-lived trees, with perhaps the tallest being ''Eu ...
''. Sometimes they are attracted to light. The family was first described by Pierre Chrétien in 1916.
Further reading
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References
* Yen, S.-H.; Minet, J. (2007)
"Cimelioidea: a new superfamily name for the gold moths (Lepidoptera: Glossata)"
''Zoological Studies''. 46 (3): 262–271.
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