Lacturidae
| Lacturidae | |
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| Gymnogramma hutchinsoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Zygaenoidea |
| Family: | Lacturidae Heppner, 1995 |
| Type genus | |
| Lactura Walker, 1854
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The Lacturidae also called Tropical Burnet Moths[1] are a pantropical family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea. Brightly coloured tropical moths, the Lacturidae have been previously placed in the Plutellidae, Yponomeutidae, and Hyponomeutidae.[2]
Genera
[edit]- Aictis Turner, 1926
- Anticrates Meyrick, 1905
- Callithrinca Meyrick, 1913
- Epopsia Meyrick, 1913
- Gymnogramma Meyrick, 1905
- Lactura Walker, 1854
- Nosymna Walker, 1864
- Thyridectis Meyrick, 1886
- Toiana Walker, 1886
- Trychnomera Turner, 1913
References
[edit]- ^ Matson, Tanner; Wagner, David L. (2017-10-23). "A New Cryptic Lactura from Texas (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae)". ZooKeys (711): 141–150. Bibcode:2017ZooK..711..141M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.711.17766. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5674200. PMID 29134033.
- ^ Heppner, J. B. (November 1, 1995). "Lacturidae, new family (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 6 (2).
External links
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Media related to Lacturidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Lacturidae at Wikispecies- ala.org.au Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Images of Australian Lacturidae
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