- The
Obtectomera is a
clade of macro-moths and butterflies,
comprising over 100,000
species in at
least 12 superfamilies. This
clade was
initially defined...
-
Animalia Phylum:
Arthropoda class:
Insecta Order:
Lepidoptera Clade:
Obtectomera Superfamily:
Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
Families Hedylidae Hesperiidae...
-
examples of Ditrysia's subclades.[further
explanation needed] Apoditrysia,
Obtectomera, and
Macrolepidoptera will be
considered monophyletic if one or more...
-
Obtectomera...
-
modern meaning,
either in the
Crambidae or in
other lineages of
basal Obtectomera. Some may even
belong to more
ancient moth lineages, such as the Alucitoidea...
- The
insect order Lepidoptera consists of
moths and
butterflies (43 superfamilies). Most
moths are night-flying,
while the
butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea)...
- are
basal Ditrysia,
while the
former belong to the much more
advanced Obtectomera. The
wingspan is 27–33
millimetres (1.1–1.3 in). The moth
flies in one...
- certain, but it has been
placed in the
natural group of "Apoditrysia"[1] "
Obtectomera" (Minet, 1991),
rather than with the
superfamilies Alucitoidea or Epermenioidea...
- some features.
Their systematic placement among the
apoditrysian group "
Obtectomera" (having
pupal segments I-IV immobile) is
however uncertain. They show...
-
otherwise appear to
possess the
characteristic synapomorphies of the
Obtectomera,
which are
absent in Aluctoidea. O'Toole (2002) ToL (2003)
Minet (1991)...
