Yponomeutinae

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Yponomeutinae
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Unidentified Yponomeuta species
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
Genera

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Yponomeutinae is a subfamily of "micromoths" in the lepidopteran family Yponomeutidae (ermine moths). As their scientific name implies, this is the subfamily containing the type genus of the ermine moths, Yponomeuta . The subfamily has worldwide distribution. [1]

A few species usually separated as subfamily Scythropiinae are sometimes placed here too.

Selected genera

This list mostly based on M. Savela's pages [2] which includes various sources[ verification needed ] [3] [4] [5] and Fauna Europaea. [6] All names except those with additional references are listed on both.

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References

  1. ↑ Gershenson, Zlata S.; Ulenberg, Sandrine A. (1998). The Yponomeutinae (Lepidoptera) of the world exclusive of the Americas. University of Amsterdam. p. 1. ISBN   0444858199.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, 2008. Lepidoptera and some other life forms.
  3. ↑ Gustafsson, Bert (ed.), 2003. Svenska fjärilar. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. (in Swedish)
  4. ↑ Emmet, A.M. (ed.), 1996. The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 3: Yponomeutidae - Elachistidae.
  5. ↑ Bradley, J.D. & D.S. Fletcher, 2009. UKmoths. "British Moths | Systematic List | UKMoths". Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  6. ↑ Agassiz, D., 2007. Fauna Europaea: Yponomeutinae. In Karsholt, O. & Nieukerken, E.J. van (eds.). Lepidoptera, Moths. Fauna Europaea version 1.3.
  7. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Trochastica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zygographa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 29, 2020.


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