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The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots, although other families also have 'foresters'. They are also sometimes called smoky moths.
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe and Maria Alma Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.
The Pyraloidea are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide, and probably at least as many more remain to be described. They are generally fairly small moths, and as such, they have been traditionally associated with the paraphyletic Microlepidoptera.
The de Havilland DH.60 Moth is a 1920s British two-seat touring and training aircraft that was developed into a series of aircraft by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
Schinia, commonly called flower moths, is a large genus of moths belonging to the family Noctuidae. The genus has a Holarctic distribution with the vast majority of species being found in North America, many with a very restricted range and larval food plant.
Doratopteryx is a genus of moths in the Himantopteridae family.
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.
Doratopteryx camerunica is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Hering in 1937. It is found in Cameroon.
Doratopteryx collarti is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Hering in 1937. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Doratopteryx flavomaculata is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Hering in 1937. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Doratopteryx fulva is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Hering in 1937. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga).
Doratopteryx laticauda is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Hering in 1937. It is found in Tanzania.
Doratopteryx latipennis is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Hering in 1937. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Doratopteryx afra is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1884. It is found in South Africa and Tanzania.
Doratopteryx dissemurus is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1963. It is found in Guinea.
Doratopteryx plumigera is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1888. It is found in South Africa and Tanzania.
Doratopteryx steniptera is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Tanzania.
Doratopteryx xanthomelas is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is found in Angola.
Doratopteryx zopheropa is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911. It is found in Uganda.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Doratopteryx filipennis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ↑ Afro Moths
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