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Macrolepidoptera is a
group within the
insect order Lepidoptera.
Traditionally used for the
larger butterflies and
moths as
opposed to the "microlepidoptera"...
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because one of the two
groups is not monophyletic:
Microlepidoptera and
Macrolepidoptera,
Heterocera and Rhopalocera,
Jugatae and Frenatae,
Monotrysia and Ditrysia...
- Röber in Seitz, A. 1906 The
Macrolepidoptera of the World; a
systematic description of the
hitherto known Macrolepidoptera Volume 1 The
Palearctic Butterflies...
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because one of the two
groups is not monophyletic:
Microlepidoptera and
Macrolepidoptera,
Heterocera and Rhopalocera,
Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia, and...
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Plate from
Adalbert Seitz's
Macrolepidoptera of the World,
depicting species now in the
genus Atrophaneura...
- 2. Seitz,
Adalbert (1933), The
Macrolepidoptera of the world : a
systematic account of all the
known Macrolepidoptera, Stuttgart:
Fritz Lehmann Verlag...
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rather than
being fused to the
pupal case as is most
common in the
macrolepidoptera. They have a
cremaster at the tip of the abdomen. Usually, they pupate...
- 119–131 pdf Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The
Macrolepidoptera of the
Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The
Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges...
- parade-grounds of Constantine, etc. In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The
Macrolepidoptera of the World) Pierret, 1837 Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 6: 22, pl. 1, f. 8 A...
- "Diel
flight periodicity and the
evolution of
auditory defences in the
Macrolepidoptera" (PDF).
Animal Behaviour. 62 (2): 349–368. doi:10.1006/anbe.2001.1753...
