Biology:Drepanoidea
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Short description: Superfamily of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Eulepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Ditrysia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Apoditrysia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Obtectomera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Macroheterocera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Drepanoidea Boisduval, 1828 |
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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, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
Wikidata ☰ Q1139176 entry
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