Biology:Heteroneura
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Short description: Clade of butterflies and moths
| Heteroneura | |
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| Plume moth from family Pterophoridae on Boerhavia diffusa in Hyderabad, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Neolepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
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Heteroneura is a natural group (or clade) in the insect order Lepidoptera that comprises over 99% of all butterflies and moths.[1] This is the sister group of the infraorder Exoporia (swift moths and their relatives),[2] and is characterised by wing venation which is not similar or homoneurous[3] in both pairs of wings. Though basal groups within the Heteroneura cannot be identified with much confidence,[4] one major subgroup is the leaf-mining Nepticuloidea. Species in this subgroup include some of the smallest lepidopterans identified.[5]
References
- ↑ Niels P. Kristensen (1999). Handbuch der Zoologie : eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Bd. 4, Arthropoda : Hälfte 2, Insecta : Teilbd. 35, Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies : Vol. 1. Evolution, systematics, and biogeography. Walter de Gruyter. p. 65. ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=B9rdQ1gHuAAC&pg=PA65.
- ↑ Niels Kristensen (1 January 2003). Vol 2: Morphology, Physiology, and Development. Walter de Gruyter. p. 88. ISBN 978-3-11-089372-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=8fMgAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA88.
- ↑ "Homoneurous - Wiktionary". https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/homoneurous.
- ↑ "Variety of Life". http://taxondiversity.fieldofscience.com/2013/05/heteroneura.html?m=1.
- ↑ Grimaldi, David (2005). Evolution of the Insects. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0.[page needed]
Wikidata ☰ Q132355 entry
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