-
Ditrysia is a
clade of
lepidopterans that
contains both
butterflies and a
majority of moth species. They are
named for the fact that the
female has two...
-
bagworms belong to the
superfamily Tineoidea,
which is a
basal lineage of the
Ditrysia (as is Gelechioidea,
which includes case-bearers). This
means that the...
- by a "ductus seminalis" as in the
Ditrysia. See
Kristensen (1999: 57) for
other exoporian characteristics.
Ditrysia Heteroneura Monotrysia Kristensen...
- scales. With the
evolution of the
Ditrysia in the mid-Cretaceous,
there was a
major reproductive change. The
Ditrysia,
which comprise 98% of the Lepidoptera...
- been proposed, the most
common putting the
butterflies into the
suborder Ditrysia and then the "superfamily"
Papilionoidea and
ignoring a classification...
- determination,
which became a ZW ****-determination
system in the
largest clade,
Ditrysia, as well as in Tischerioidea. Some of the ZW
species later reverted to...
- for
mating and
laying eggs, in
contrast to the rest of the
Lepidoptera (
Ditrysia),
which have two
female reproductive openings.
Later classifications used...
-
infraorder Heteroneura.
About 98% of
described species of
Lepidoptera belong to
Ditrysia.
Taxonomy of
Lepidoptera A
classification of the
Lepidoptera and related...
- The
insect order Lepidoptera consists of
moths and
butterflies (43 superfamilies). Most
moths are night-flying,
while the
butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea)...
- Macrolepidoptera,
Heterocera and Rhopalocera,
Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia, and
Ditrysia.
Although the
rules for
distinguishing moths from
butterflies are not well...
