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taxon links [up-->]Hepialidae [up-->]Palaeosetidae [up-->]Neotheoridae [up-->]Adelidae [up-->]Tischeriidae [up-->]Palaephatidae [up-->]Cecidosidae [up-->]Heliozelidae [up-->]Prototheoridae [up-->]Ditrysia [up-->]Mnesarchaeidae [up-->]Incurvariidae [up-->]Nepticulidae [up-->]Anomosetidae [up-->]Crinopterygidae [up-->]Opostegidae [up-->]Prodoxidae [down<--]Lepidoptera Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Lepidoptera

References

Davis, D. R. 1986. A new family of monotrysian moths from austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a phylogenetic review of the Monotrysia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 434:1-202.

Davis D. R. 1999. The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Pages 65–90 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.

Friedlander, T. P., J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, D. L. Wagner, and Q. Q. Fang. 2000. Evolution of heteroneuran Lepidoptera (Insecta) and the utility of dopa decarboxylase for Cretaceous-aged phylogenetics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130:213-234.

Krenn, H. W. and N. P. Kristensen. 2000. Early evolution of the proboscis of Lepidoptera (Insecta): external morphology of the galea in basal glossatan moth lineages, with remarks on the origin of the pilifers. Zoologischer Anzeiger 239:179-196.

Kristensen, N. P. 1999. The Homoneurous Glossata. Pages 51-63 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.

Kristensen, N. P. and A. W. Skalski. 1999. Phylogeny and paleontology. Pages 7-25 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.

Nielsen E. S. and D. R. Davis. 1985. The first southern hemisphere prodoxid and the phylogeny of the Incurvarioidea (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology suppl. 1:1–16.

Nielsen, E. S., G. S. Robinson, D. L. Wagner. 2000. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 34 (6):823-878.

Scoble, M. J. 1992. The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Simonsen, T. J. 2001. The wing vestiture of the non-ditrysian Lepidoptera (Insecta). Comparative morphology and phylogenetic implications. Acta Zoologica 82(4):275-298.

Wiegmann, B. M., J. C. Regier, and C. Mitter. 2002. Combined molecular and morphological evidence on the phylogeny of the earliest lepidopteran lineages. Zoologica Scripta 31:67-81.

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Scientific Name Hepialus humuli humuli
Location Burnley, East Lancashire, UK
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Female
Source GHOST MOTH Hepialus humuli humuli female
Source Collection Flickr
ToL Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Graham
Scientific Name Adela?
Location Mt. Diablo near Clayton, California, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Curious little moth
Source Collection Flickr
ToL Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Ken-ichi Ueda
Scientific Name Smerinthus cerisyi
Location San Leandro (Alameda County, California, USA)
Comments Cerisy sphinx moth (Ditrysia: Sphingidae)
Creator Photograph by T. W. Davies
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Smerinthus cerisyi; Cerisy Sphinx Moth
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences
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