Ditrysia

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iDitrysia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Ditrysia
Families

See Lepidoptera.

The Ditrysia are a suborder of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). They are so named because the female has two distinct sexual openings: one for mating, and the other for laying eggs. Most species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia.

[edit] See also

  • Monotrysia

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