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Ditrysia

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Megalopyge opercularis
taxon links [up-->]Tortricidae [up-->]Pyraloidea [up-->]Alucitoidea [up-->]Copromorphoidea [up-->]Gracillarioidea [up-->]Geometroidea [up-->]Noctuoidea [up-->]Callidulidae [up-->]Schreckensteiniidae [up-->]Lasiocampidae [up-->]Thyrididae [up-->]Drepanoidea [up-->]Pterophoridae [up-->]Whalleyanidae [up-->]Hesperiidae [up-->]Bombycoidea [up-->]Zygaenoidea [up-->]Sesioidea [up-->]Gelechioidea [up-->]Cossoidea [up-->]Tineoidea [up-->]Yponomeutoidea [up-->]Simaethistidae [up-->]Papilionoidea Phylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Neolepidoptera Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Neolepidoptera

References

Boggs, C. L., W. B. Watt, and P. R. Ehrlich, eds. 2003. Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.

Dugdale, J. S., N. P. Kristensen, G. S. Robinson, and M. J. Scoble. 1999. The smaller Microlepidoptera-grade superfamilies. Pages 217-232 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.

Fänger, H. 1999. Comparative morphology of tergal phragmata occurring in the thoraco-abdominal junction of ditrysian Lepidoptera (Insecta). Zoomorphology 119:163–183.

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.

Minet, J. 1991. Tentative Reconstruction of the ditrysian phylogeny (Lepidiptera, Gloassata). Entomologica Scandinavica 22(1):69-95.

Regier, J. C., Q. Q. Fang, C. Mitter, R. S. Peigler, T. P. Friedlander, and M. A. Solis. 1998. Evolution and phylogenetic utility of the period gene in Lepidoptera. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15(9):1172-1182.

Wahlberg, N., M. F. Braby, A. V. Z. Brower, R. de Jong, M.-M. Lee, S. Nylin, N. E. Pierce, F. A. H. Sperling, R. Vila, A. D. Warren, and E. Zakharov. 2005. Synergistic effects of combining morphological and molecular data in resolving the phylogeny of butterflies and skippers. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 272:1577-1586.

Weller, S. J. and D. P. Pashley. 1995. In seach of butterfly origins. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4(3):235-246.

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Scientific Name Palpita flegia (Cramer, 1777)
Location Santuario de la Mariposa Blanca, Volcán Tacaná, Chiapas (México)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Benigno Gómez
Behavior added in coffee
Sex both sexes
Copyright © 2009
Scientific Name Danaus eresimus
Location Bentsen Rio Grande State Park, Texas, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Soldier
Source Collection Flickr
Copyright © 2006 Patrick Coin
Megalopyge opercularis
Scientific Name Megalopyge opercularis
Location Durham County, North Carolina USA
Comments Identified with Covell, Field Guide to the Moths and other sources. Plumose antennae indicate this is a male. See source.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Patrick Coin
Behavior Found at a lighted wall.
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage adult (imago)
View dorsal
Size circa 30 mm wingspan (estimate)
Source Photo#4905
Source Collection BugGuide.Net
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.5.
Copyright © 2004 Patrick Coin
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