Lacturidae

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Lacturidae
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Gymnogramma hutchinsoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Zygaenoidea
Family: Lacturidae
Heppner, 1995
Type genus
Lactura
Walker, 1854

The Lacturidae also called Tropical Burnet Moths [1] are a pantropical family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea. Brightly coloured tropical moths, the Lacturidae have been previously placed in the Plutellidae, Yponomeutidae, and Hyponomeutidae. [2]

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  1. ↑ Matson, Tanner; Wagner, David L. (2017-10-23). "A New Cryptic Lactura from Texas (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae)". ZooKeys (711): 141–150. Bibcode:2017ZooK..711..141M. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.711.17766 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   5674200 . PMID   29134033.
  2. ↑ Heppner, J. B. (November 1, 1995). "Lacturidae, new family (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 6 (2).


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