Biology:Yponomeutoidea
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Short description: Superfamily of moths
| Yponomeutoidea | |
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| Ermine moth, Yponomeuta evonymella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Yponomeutoidea |
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| Diversity | |
| Over 1,500 species of micromoths | |
Yponomeutoidea is a superfamily of ermine moths and relatives. There are about 1,800 species of Yponomeutoids worldwide, most of them known to come from temperate regions.[1] This superfamily is one of the earliest groups to evolve external feeding and to colonize herbs in addition to shrubs and trees.[1]
Families
The family composition of Yponomeutoidea has varied over time, with a 2013 study assigning eleven families:[2]
- Argyresthiidae
- Attevidae
- Bedelliidae
- Glyphipterigidae
- Heliodinidae
- Lyonetiidae
- Plutellidae
- Praydidae
- Scythropiidae
- Yponomeutidae
- Ypsolophidae
Etymology
The word Yponomeutoidea comes from the Ancient Greek ὑπό (ypo) meaning under and νομός (nomós) meaning food or dwelling, thus "feeding secretly, or burrow".[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2013) (in en). Molecular phylogenetics, biodiversity and life history evolution of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia), with a catalog and an overview of the lepidopteran fossils. https://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/14442.
- ↑ Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2013, January 31); Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Davis, Donald; Landry, Jean-Francois; Zwick, Andreas; Cummings, Michael P. (2013). "A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use". PLOS ONE (Plos) 8 (1): e55066. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055066. PMID 23383061. Bibcode: 2013PLoSO...855066S.
- ↑ Westwood, J. O. (October 1837). Loudon, John Claudius. ed. "A series of Articles on the Insects most Injurious to Cultivators -- No. 8. The small Ermine Moth". The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement 13: 434. https://books.google.com/books?id=4hwnAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA434. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
- van Nieukirken et al., 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In:Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal Biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 212-221.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q135418 entry
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