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Immidae

Scientific classification e
Kingdom:
Animalia

Clade:

Euarthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
(unranked):
Obtectomera
Superfamily:
Immoidea
Family:
Immidae
Genera

Alampla
Birthana
Bryonympha
Bursadella
Imma
Loxotrochis
Moca
Ptochaula
Scaptesylomima
Sthenistis


Immoidea is a superfamily of pantropical moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus Imma. Many are brightly coloured and diurnal. The position of this group is currently uncertain within the group Obtectomera [1]. The larvae feed on the leaves of dicotyledons and conifers including Podocarpus (Dugdale et al. 1999).



References


  • Dugdale, J.S., Kristensen, N.P., Robinson, G.S. and Scoble, M.J. (1999). The smaller microlepidoptera grade superfamilies, Ch.13., pp. 217–232 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.


Sources



  • Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002


External links


  • Tree of Life

  • Australian Moths Online








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