- Heterobathmioidea
Taxobox
name = Heterobathmioidea
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
superordo =Amphiesmenoptera
ordo =Lepidoptera
subordo =Heterobathmiina
superfamilia = Heterobathmioidea (Kristensen & Nielsen, 1979)
familia =Heterobathmiidae
diversity = About 10 species
diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =Heterobathmia diffusa Heterobathmia pseuderiocrania Heterobathmia valvifer The Heterobathmioidea are a superfamily of the
Lepidoptera , containing a single genus, "Heterobathmia". Primitive, day-flying, metallic moths, confined to southern South America, the adults eat the pollen of "Nothofagus " orSouthern Beech and the larvae mine the leaves (Kristensen, 1983, 1999). Most known species are undescribed (but see Kristensen and Nielsen, 1978, 1998).References
*Kristensen, N. P. 1983. The "Heterobathmia" life history elucidated: immature stages contradict assignment to suborder Zeugloptera (Insecta, Lepidoptera). "Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung", 21: 101-124.
*Kristensen, N.P. (1999). The non-Glossatan Moths. Ch. 4, pp. 41-49 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.
*Kristensen, N. P. and Nielsen, E.S. (1979). A new subfamily of micropterigid moths from South America. A contribution to the morphology and phylogeny of the Micropterigidae, with a generic catalogue of the family (Lepidoptera: Zeugloptera). "Steenstrupia", 5(7):69-147.
*Kristensen, N. P. and Nielsen, E.S. (1998). "Heterobathmia valvifer" n.sp.: a moth with large apparent 'ovipositor valves' (Lepidoptera, Heterobathmiidae). "Steenstrupia", 24: 141-156.External links
* [http://tolweb.org/Heterobathmiidae Tree of Life]
* [http://www.macn.secyt.gov.ar/cont_Publicaciones/Rns-Vol07-1_57-65.pdf pdf Mouthparts]
* [http://www.entomology.umn.edu/museum/links/coursefiles/PDFLiterature/PHYLOGENY%20TEXT/Lepidoptera.pdf pdf Phylogeny]
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