- Immidae
Taxobox
name = Immidae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Immoidea
familia = Immidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Alampla " "Birthana " "Bryonympha " "Bursadella " "Imma " "Loxotrochis " "Moca" "Ptochaula " "Scaptesylomima " "Sthenistis "Immoidea is a superfamily of
pantropical moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus "Imma ". Many are brightly coloured anddiurnal . The position of this group is currently uncertain within the group Obtectomera [http://www.tolweb.org/Obtectomera] . The larvae feed on the leaves ofdicotyledons and conifers including "Podocarpus " (Dugdale et al. 1999).References
*Dugdale, J.S., Kristensen, N.P., Robinson, G.S. and Scoble, M.J. (1999). The smaller microlepidoptera grade superfamilies, Ch.13., pp. 217-232 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). "Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies". Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
ources
*"Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders", edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
External links
* [http://www.tolweb.org/Immidae Tree of Life]
* [http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/Immidae Australian Moths Online]
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