Neopseustidae
Neopseustidae is a small family of day and night-flying "archaic bell moths" in the order Lepidoptera. They are classified into their own superfamily Neopseustoidea and infraorder Neopseustina. Four genera are known. These primitive moths are restricted to South America and Southeast Asia. Their biology is unknown (Davis 1975; Davis and Nielsen 1980, 1984; Kristensen, 1999).
Nematocentropus appears to be the most primitive genus occurring in Assam, Myanmar and Sichuan, China. Three species of Neopseustis are distributed from Assam to Taiwan, whilst Synempora andesae and three species of Apoplania occur in southern South America (Kristensen, 1999: 53–54). The morphology of the antennae (Faucheux 2005ab; Faucheux et al., 2006) and the proboscis (Kristensen and Nielsen 1981) has been studied in detail.
References
- Davis, Donald R. (1975). "Systematics and Zoogeography of the Family Neopseustidae with a proposal of a New Superfamily (Lepidoptera: Neopseustoidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (210): 1–44. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.210. hdl:10088/5502.
- "Description of a New Genus and Two New Species of Neopseustidae from South America, with discussion of Phylogeny and Biological Observations (Lepidoptera: Neopseustoidea)". Steenstrupia. 1980. S2CID 87271658.
- Davis, Donald R.; Schmidt Nielsen, Ebbe (1984-01-01). "The South American neopseustid genus Apoplania Davis: a new species, distribution records and notes on adult behaviour (Lepidoptera: Neopseustina)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 15 (4): 497–509. doi:10.1163/187631284X00325.
- Faucheux, Michel J. (January 2007). "The antennal sensilla basiconica of Nematocentropus cfr. Omeiensis Hwang 1965: contribution to the knowledge of large sensilla basiconica polymorphism in Neopseustidae (Lepidoptera)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. New Series (in French). 43 (2): 253–255. doi:10.1080/00379271.2007.10697519. ISSN 0037-9271.
- Faucheux, M.J., (2005b). Note brève: Evolution d’un type de sensillaire antennaire dans la famille des Neopseustidae (Lepidoptera: Glossata), la sensille basiconique large et enflée. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l’Ouest de la France, 27(1).
- Faucheux, Michel J.; Kristensen, Niels P.; Yen, Shen-Horn (October 2006). "The antennae of neopseustid moths: Morphology and phylogenetic implications, with special reference to the sensilla (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Neopseustidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology. 245 (2): 131–142. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2006.05.004.
- Kristensen, N.P.; Nielsen, E.S. (January 1981). "Double-tube proboscis configuration in neopseustid moths (Lepidoptera : Neopseustidae)". International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 10 (5–6): 483–486. doi:10.1016/0020-7322(81)90027-1.
- Kristensen, N.P. (1999). The homoneurous Glossata. Ch. 5, pp. 51–64 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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D i t r y s i a | Simaethistoidea |
Simaethistidae
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Tineoidea |
Acrolophidae (burrowing webworm moths)
Arrhenophanidae
Eriocottidae (Old World spiny-winged moths)
Psychidae (bagworm moths)
Tineidae (fungus moths)
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Gracillarioidea |
Bucculatricidae (ribbed cocoon makers)
Douglasiidae (Douglas moths)
Gracillariidae
Roeslerstammiidae
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Yponomeutoidea |
Acrolepiidae (false diamondback moths)
Bedelliidae
Glyphipterigidae (sedge moths)
Heliodinidae
Lyonetiidae
Plutellidae
Yponomeutidae (ermine moths)
Ypsolophidae
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Gelechioidea |
Autostichidae
Batrachedridae
Blastobasidae
Coleophoridae (case-bearers, case moths)
Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths)
Elachistidae (grass-miner moths)
Gelechiidae (twirler moths)
Lecithoceridae (long-horned moths)
Lypusidae
Metachandidae
Momphidae (mompha moths)
Oecophoridae (concealer moths)
Pterolonchidae
Scythrididae (flower moths)
Xyloryctidae (timber moths)
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Galacticoidea |
Galacticidae
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Zygaenoidea |
Heterogynidae
Zygaenidae (burnet, forester, or smoky moths)
Himantopteridae
Lacturidae
Somabrachyidae
Megalopygidae (flannel moths)
Aididae
Anomoeotidae
Cyclotornidae
Epipyropidae (planthopper parasite moths)
Dalceridae (slug caterpillars)
Limacodidae (slug, or cup moths)
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Cossoidea |
Cossidae (carpenter millers, or goat moths)
Dudgeoneidae (dudgeon carpenter moths)
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Sesioidea |
Brachodidae (little bear moths)
Castniidae (castniid moths: giant butterfly-moths, sun moths)
Sesiidae (clearwing moths)
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Choreutoidea |
Choreutidae (metalmark moths)
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Tortricoidea |
Tortricidae (tortrix moths)
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Urodoidea |
Urodidae (false burnet moths)
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Schreckensteinioidea |
Schreckensteiniidae (bristle-legged moths)
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Epermenioidea |
Epermeniidae (fringe-tufted moths)
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Alucitoidea |
Alucitidae (many-plumed moths)
Tineodidae (false plume moths)
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Pterophoroidea |
Pterophoridae (plume moths)
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Whalleyanoidea |
Whalleyanidae
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Immoidea |
Immidae
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Copromorphoidea |
Copromorphidae (tropical fruitworm moths)
Carposinidae (fruitworm moths)
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Thyridoidea |
Thyrididae (picture-winged leaf moths)
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Calliduloidea |
Callidulidae (Old World butterfly-moths)
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Papilionoidea (butterflies) |
Papilionidae (swallowtail butterflies)
Hedylidae (American moth-butterflies)
Hesperiidae (skippers)
Pieridae (whites, yellows, orangetips, sulphurs)
Riodinidae (metalmarks)
Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies: blues, coppers and relatives)
Nymphalidae (brush-footed, or four-footed butterflies)
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Hyblaeoidea |
Hyblaeidae (teak moths)
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Pyraloidea |
Pyralidae (snout moths)
Crambidae (grass moth)
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Mimallonoidea |
Mimallonidae (sack bearer moths)
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Lasiocampoidea |
Lasiocampidae (eggars, snout moths, or lappet moths)
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Bombycoidea |
Anthelidae (Australian lappet moth)
Apatelodidae (American silkworm moths)
Bombycidae (silk moths)
Brahmaeidae (Brahmin moths)
Carthaeidae (Dryandra moth)
Endromidae (Kentish glory and relatives)
Eupterotidae
Phiditiidae
Saturniidae (saturniids)
Sphingidae (hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms)
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Noctuoidea |
Erebidae (underwing, tiger, tussock, litter, snout, owlet moths)
Euteliidae
Noctuidae (daggers, sallows, owlet moths, quakers, cutworms, darts)
Nolidae (tuft moths)
Notodontidae (prominents, kittens)
Oenosandridae
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Drepanoidea |
Drepanidae (hook-tips)
Cimeliidae (gold moths)
Doidae
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Geometroidea |
Sematuridae
Pseudobistonidae
Epicopeiidae (oriental swallowtail moths)
Uraniidae
Geometridae (geometer moths)
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Superfamily unassigned |
Millieriidae
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