Yponomeutoidea
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| Ermine moth, Yponomeuta evonymella | |
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Yponomeutoidea
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| Over 1,500 species of micromoths | |
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Yponomeutoidea is a superfamily of Ermine moths and relatives.[1]
Families
- Argyresthiidae
- Attevidae
- Bedelliidae
- Glyphipterigidae
- Heliodinidae
- Lyonetiidae
- Plutellidae
- Praydidae
- Yponomeutidae
- Ypsolophidae
Etymology
The word Yponomeutoidea comes from the Ancient Greek ὑπό (ypo) meaning under and νομός (nomós) meaning food or dwelling, thus "feeding secretly, or burrow".[2]
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
- van Nieukirken et al., 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In:Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal Biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 212-221.
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