Mnesarchaeoidea
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Mnesarchaea fusilella Walker, 1864
Mnesarchaea fusca Philpott, 1922 |
Mnesarchaeoidea is the superfamily of New Zealand endemic primitive moths containing one family, Mnesarchaeidae and a single genus, Mnesarchaea. The mouthparts of the adult moths are functional, unlike Hepialoidea. Mnesarchaeoidea constitutes the living sister group to the superfamily Hepialoidea[1]. About seven species are undescribed. The moths are mostly day-flying. The larvae live in silken galleries among liverworts and soil detritus. See Kristensen (1999: 57-59) for more details.
[edit] References
- Kristensen, N.P. (1999). The homoneurous Glossata. Ch. 5, pp. 51-64 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.
[edit] Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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