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Hedyloidea is the superfamily of American "butterfly moths", containing the single family Hedylidae. They are probably the sister group of the butterfly superfamilies Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. Two genera are recognized, Hedyle and Macrosoma, containing about 40 species. Some life histories are known [1]. They were first placed among the butterflies by Scoble (1986); see also Ackery et al. (1999).
[edit] References
- Ackery, P.R., de Jong, R and Vane-Wright, R.I. (1999). The Butterflies: Hedyloidea, Hesperioidea and Papilionoidae. Pp. 263-300 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.
- Scoble, M.J. (1986). The structure and affinities of the Hedyloidea: a new concept of the butterflies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series, 53: 251-286.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
[edit] Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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