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Yponomeutoidea Stephens 1829

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India.
  • 2. Department of Zoology, DAV University, Jalandhar - 144012, Punjab, India.

Description

Indian genera previously assigned to Yponomeutoidea

The 13 Indian genera listed below were previously assigned to Yponomeutoidea and are now excluded from it as per Lewis & Sohn (2015). Current families of these genera are given in parentheses.

¢ Genus Comocritis Meyrick, 1894 (Family Xyloryctidae)

¢ Genus Metharmostis Meyrick, 1921 b (Family Cosmopterigidae)

¢ Genus Nosymna Walker, 1864 (Family Lacturidae)

¢ Genus Pronomeuta Meyrick, 1905 (Family Zygaenidae)

¢ Genus Stasiphron Meyrick, 1931 (Superfamily Gelechioidea)

¢ Genus Bucculatrix Zeller, 1839 (Family Bucculatricidae)

¢ Genus Colobocrossa Meyrick, 1924 (Family Tineidae)

¢ Genus Machimostola Meyrick, 1928 (Family Tineidae)

¢ Genus Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901 (Family Tineidae)

¢ Genus Hieroxestis Meyrick, 1893 (Family Tineidae)

¢ Genus Opogona Zeller, 1853 (Family Tineidae)

¢ Genus Opostega Zeller, 1839 (Family Opostegidae)

¢ Genus Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Family Gracillariidae)

Notes

Published as part of Joshi, Rahul, Farooqui, Shahabab A. & Singh, Navneet, 2024, A catalogue of the Yponomeutoidea of India (Lepidoptera), pp. 468-504 in Zootaxa 5468 (3) on pages 495-496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/12189239

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stephens
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Taxon rank
superFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Yponomeutoidea Stephens, 1829 sec. Joshi, Farooqui & Singh, 2024

References

  • Lewis, J. A. & Sohn, J. C. (2015) Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae). Brill, Leiden and Boston, 253 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004264267
  • Meyrick, E. (1894) On a collection of Lepidoptera from Upper Burma. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1, 1 - 29.
  • Meyrick, E. (1921) n. k. In: Exotic Microlepidoptera. Marlborough, England. Vol. 2. Pts. 13 - 15. Printed by Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 385 - 480.
  • Walker, F. (1864) n. k. In: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIX. Tineites, The Trustees, London, pp. 563 - 835.
  • Meyrick, E. (1905) Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera I. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 16 (4), 580 - 619.
  • Meyrick, E. (1931) n. k. In: Exotic Microlepidoptera. Marlborough, England. Vol. 4. Pts. 2 - 6, pp. 33 - 192.
  • Zeller, P. C. (1839) Versuch einer naturgemassen Eintheilung der Schaben. Isis von Oken, 32 (3), 167 - 220.
  • Meyrick, E. (1924) n. k. In: Exotic Microlepidoptera. Marlborough, England. Vol. 3. Pts. 5 - 7. Printed by Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 129 - 242.
  • Meyrick, E. (1928) n. k. In: Exotic Microlepidoptera. Marlborough, England. Vol. 3. Pts. 13 - 15. Printed by Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 385 - 480.
  • Zeller, P. C. (1853) Drei Javanische Nachtfalter. Bulletin de la Socieitei impeiriale des naturalistes de Moscou, 26 (3), 502 - 516.
  • Zeller, P. C. (1848) Dic Gattungen der mit Augendeckeln versehenen blattminierenden Schaben. Linnaea Entomologica, 3, 248 - 344.