Yponomeutoidea
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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
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References
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Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, Template:ISBN, 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.