Acanthopteroctetidae
Acanthopteroctetidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Acanthopteroctetidae Davis, 1978 |
Genera and species | |
Acanthopteroctetes Braun, 1921
Catapterix Zagulajev & Sinev, 1988
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Diversity | |
7 described species in 2 genera + 2 undescribed species |
Acanthopteroctetidae is a small
They are known as the archaic sun moths.As of 2002, the Acanthopteroctetidae were classified as sole family in
Morphology
Moths in this superfamily are usually small (but one is 15 mm. in wingspan) and iridescent. Like other "homoneurous"
Diversity and distribution
Four of the species of type genus Acanthopteroctetes (A. aurulenta, A. bimaculata, A. tripunctata and A. unifascia) are very localised in Western North America,[7] while its fifth species (A. nepticuloides) was described from South Africa.[8] Genus Catapterix has two species, of which Catapterix crimaea has been observed in Crimea and southern France,[5] while Catapterix tianshanica is known from Kyrgyzstan.[6]
In addition, two taxa are known to exist but have so far not been formally described: one from the Andes in Peru,[3]: 54 [1]: 691 and one from China.[1]: 691
Taxonomy
Around the start of the century, they were considered the fifth group up on the comb of branching events in the
Research on the
Genus Catapterix was originally described within its own family, Catapterigidae,[11][12] which is considered a junior synonym of Acanthopteroctidae,[13] with which it shares specialised structural features including similar wing morphology (in A. unifascia).[4]: 1255
Biology
Data on the species in Acanthopteroctetidae are scarce. Of the seven described species, only Acanthopteroctetes unifascia has a full description of the larval stage available.[1]: 691 [6] Other than a single record of a specimen tentatively identified as Acanthopteroctetes bimaculata,[1]: 691 the larvae of the remaining species in both genera are unknown.
Acanthopteroctetes unifascia
The specimen tentatively identified as
Conservation
As of September 2022[update], none of the species in Acanthopteroctetidae have been evaluated by the IUCN.[14]
Footnotes and references
- ^ S2CID 86213804.
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- ^ ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8. Archivedfrom the original on 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ from the original on 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- hdl:10088/5499. Archivedfrom the original on 2024-03-09. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ Mey, Wolfram (2011). "Basic pattern of Lepidoptera diversity in southwestern Africa". Esperiana Memoir. 6: 151–152. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2022. [linked PDF is incomplete, but gives part of the relevant text]
- ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8. Archivedfrom the original on 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- from the original on 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ Sinev, S.Y. (1988). Systematic position of the Catapterigidae (Lepidoptera) and the problem of the naturalness of the group Heteroneura. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 67: 602-614. In Russian [see Entomological Review (1990) 69: 1-14 for a translation].
- ^ Zagulajev, A.K.; Sinev S.Y. (1988). Catapterigidae fam. n. - a new family of lower Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera, Dacnonypha). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 68: 35-43. In Russian [see Entomological Review (1989) 68: 35-43 for a translation].
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2011–2021). "Catapterigidae". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "IUCN Red List". Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
Further reading
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002