Heteroneura

Heteroneura
Plume moth from family Pterophoridae on Boerhavia diffusa in Hyderabad, India.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Neolepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Subdivisions
Nepticulina Superfamily Nepticuloidea Eulepidoptera Incurvariina Superfamily Andesianoidea Superfamily Adeloidea Etimonotrysia Superfamily Palaephatoidea Superfamily Tischerioidea Ditrysia

Heteroneura is a natural group (or clade) in the insect order Lepidoptera that comprises over 99% of all butterflies and moths. ^[1] This is the sister group of the infraorder Exoporia (swift moths and their relatives), ^[2] and is characterised by wing venation which is not similar or homoneurous ^[3] in both pairs of wings. Though basal groups within the Heteroneura cannot be identified with much confidence, ^[4] one major subgroup is the leaf-mining Nepticuloidea. Species in this subgroup include some of the smallest lepidopterans identified. ^[5]

References

1. Niels P. Kristensen (1999). Handbuch der Zoologie : eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Bd. 4, Arthropoda : Hälfte 2, Insecta : Teilbd. 35, Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies : Vol. 1. Evolution, systematics, and biogeography. Walter de Gruyter. p. 65. ISBN   978-3-11-015704-8.
2. Niels Kristensen (1 January 2003). Vol 2: Morphology, Physiology, and Development. Walter de Gruyter. p. 88. ISBN   978-3-11-089372-4.
3. "Homoneurous - Wiktionary" . Retrieved 17 February 2021.
4. "Variety of Life" . Retrieved 17 February 2021.
5. Grimaldi, David (2005). Evolution of the Insects. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-82149-0.^{[ page needed ]}

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