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Superfamily: Urodoidea

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

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Urodidae or "false burnet moths" is a family of moths, representing its own superfamily, Urodoidea, with three genera, one of which, Wockia, occurs in Europe.
Urodidae were previously included in the superfamily Yponomeutoidea and have also been lumped with Galacticidae or with other Sesioidea. They belong to the lower part of the lepidopteran clade "Apoditrysia", but their closest relatives are as yet unknown and it is hoped that DNA sequencing can help resolve this question. I placed them in their own family for this reason.

Urodidae resemble some Zygaenidae: Procridinae at rest, These small to medium sized moths measure 11 to 37 mm in wingspan and often have a greyish or mottled forewing background colour. The male adult has a "hairpencil" on the costa of the hindwing. In the caterpillar, the placement of the setae and structure of the prolegs is diagnostic, and the pupal segments I-II are fixed. On the head, there are no ocelli or "chaetosemata" and the proboscis even at the base is unscaled. An "epiphysis" (rounded end of a long bone) is present on the foreleg.

Subfamilies in this Superfamily

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List of Species We Have Photos and Information On

 

False Burnet Moths
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Other Moths in this Family
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Page last edited: 29/10/2008 22:53

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