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Neolepidoptera

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Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)
taxon links [up-->]Nepticulidae [up-->]Mnesarchaeidae [up-->]Prototheoridae [up-->]Ditrysia [up-->]Crinopterygidae [up-->]Cecidosidae [up-->]Incurvariidae [up-->]Hepialidae [up-->]Tischeriidae [up-->]Opostegidae [up-->]Palaeosetidae [up-->]Prodoxidae [up-->]Heliozelidae [up-->]Palaephatidae [up-->]Neotheoridae [up-->]Anomosetidae [up-->]Adelidae [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 Nemophora ochsenheimerella
Location Austria, Salzburg, Osterhorngruppe, St. Gilgen, Falkenstein, Scheffelblick
Comments more info (in german)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Male
Source Nemophora ochsenheimerella (Hübner, 1813)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2004 Michael Kurz
Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)
Scientific Name Attacus atlas
Location captive, Tucson Botanic Gardens; origin SE Asia
Comments Newly emerged specimen of the world's largest moth.
Identified By David Bygott
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage Adult
View Dorsal
Copyright © 2005
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
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Graham
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