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Superfamily: Acanthopteroctetoidea

Welcome to Dave McCormick's Moth and Butterfly World. Here is information on the Superfamily, Acanthopteroctetoidea and its subfamilies.

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Information

This is a family that has moths which are usually small but one is 15 mm in wingspan.

Four species of moths in the genus Acanthopteroctetes are very localised in Western North America. Another genus, Catapterix represented by a single species comes from single sites at "Mount Karadag" and "Krasnolesie" in the Crimean Peninsula of the Ukraine. A third taxon, undescribed, is known from the Andes in Peru.

This superfamily has a hard to pronounce name, but saying it like this may help:

(A-can-throp-ter-octet-oi-dea)

Subfamilies in this Superfamily

None as far as I know

List of Species We Have Photos and Information On

Archaic Sun Moths
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Other Moths in this Family
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Page last edited: 25/10/2008 17:04

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