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Immidae

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Immidae
Alampla arcifraga (Meyrick, 1914) from Taiwan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Clade: Apoditrysia
Superfamily: Immoidea
Common, 1979
Family: Immidae
Common, 1979
Genera

Alampla
Birthana
Bryonympha
Bursadella
Imma
Loxotrochis
Moca
Ptochaula
Scaptesylomima
Sthenistis

Immoidea is a superfamily of pantropical moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus Imma. Many are brightly coloured and diurnal. The position of this group is currently uncertain within the group Obtectomera [1]. The larvae feed on the leaves of dicotyledons and conifers including Podocarpus (Dugdale et al. 1999).

References

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  • Dugdale, John S.; Kristensen, Niels P.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Scoble, Malcolm J. (1998-12-31). Kükenthal, Willy (ed.). 13. The Smaller Microlepidoptera-Grade Superfamilies. DE GRUYTER. pp. 217–232. doi:10.1515/9783110804744.217. ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8.

Sources

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  • Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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