• Source: Macroheterocera

The Macroheterocera are a well supported clade of moths that are closely related to butterflies and macro-moths.




Taxonomy


The Macroheterocera includes the following superfamilies:

Mimallonoidea – sack bearers (variously included in basal position or excluded)
Drepanoidea – drepanids
Noctuoidea – owlet moths
Geometroidea – inchworms
Lasiocampoidea – lappet moths
Bombycoidea – bombycoid moths
The macroheteroceran superfamilies were previously place in the Macrolepidoptera, but recent molecular studies have failed to recover the Macrolepidoptera as a monophyletic group. The latter grouping also included true butterflies (Papilionoidea), New World butterfly-moths (Hedylidae), and Old World butterfly-moths (Calliduloidea).




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Hyles (ngengat)
• Macroheterocera
• Lepidoptera
• Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera
• Obtectomera
• Macrolepidoptera
• Lasiocampidae
• Acronicta catocaloida
• Demopsestis yoshimotoi
• Heliothis philbyi
• Georgy Zolotarenko