Ceromitia

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Ceromitia
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Ceromitia iolampra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Adelidae
Subfamily:
Nematopogoninae
Genus:
Ceromitia

Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • AgisanaMöschler, 1884
  • Exorectis Meyrick, 1906
  • UlometraMeyrick, 1912
  • TrichorrhabdaMeyrick, 1912
  • HaplotypaJanse, 1945

Ceromitia is a genus of moths in the Adelidae family.

Contents

It consists of primitive moths mainly found in Africa and South America.

Species

Source: [1]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ the BayScience Foundation, ed. (April 2010). "Ceromitia (Genus)". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-14. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Wojtusiak, Janusz (1999). "A new type of scent organ in Lepidoptera: a giant thoracic pheromone-disseminating structure in a male incurvarioid moth (Lepidoptera, Adelidae)". Journal of Natural History. 33 (6): 819–824. doi:10.1080/002229399300137. ISSN   0022-2933.
  3. ↑ Kristensen, Niels P. (1998). Handbuch Der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology: Eine Naturgeschichte Der Stamme Des Tierreiches/a Natural History of the Phyla of the Animal Kingdom, Evolution, ... and Biology Lepidoptera, (German Edition) (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   3-11-015704-7.
  4. ↑ Simonsen, Thomas J. (2002). "The wing vestiture of the non-ditrysian Lepidoptera (Insecta). Comparative morphology and phylogenetic implications". Acta Zoologica. 82 (4): 275–298. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6395.2001.00089.x. ISSN   0001-7272.


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