- The
Obtectomera is a
clade of macro-moths and butterflies,
comprising over 100,000
species in at
least 12 superfamilies. This
clade was
initially defined...
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Animalia Phylum:
Arthropoda class:
Insecta Order:
Lepidoptera Clade:
Obtectomera Superfamily:
Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
Families Hedylidae Hesperiidae...
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examples of Ditrysia's subclades.[further
explanation needed] Apoditrysia,
Obtectomera, and
Macrolepidoptera will be
considered monophyletic if one or more...
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Obtectomera (cont.)...
- The
insect order Lepidoptera consists of
moths and
butterflies (43 superfamilies). Most
moths are night-flying,
while the
butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea)...
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modern meaning,
either in the
Crambidae or in
other lineages of
basal Obtectomera. Some may even
belong to more
ancient moth lineages, such as the Alucitoidea...
- The
position of this
group is
currently uncertain within the
group Obtectomera [1]. The
larvae feed on the
leaves of
dicotyledons and
conifers including...
-
vroni is a
species of moth in the
genus Whalleyana. It was
described by
Pierre Viette in 1977. It is
found in Madagascar.
Obtectomera Afro
Moths v t e...
- certain, but it has been
placed in the
natural group of "Apoditrysia"[1] "
Obtectomera" (Minet, 1991),
rather than with the
superfamilies Alucitoidea or Epermenioidea...
- some features.
Their systematic placement among the
apoditrysian group "
Obtectomera" (having
pupal segments I-IV immobile) is
however uncertain. They show...
