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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Unassigned Ditrysia » Millieriidae

Family Millieriidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
moth - Phormoestes palmettovora moth - Phormoestes palmettovora Phormoestes palmettovora moth - Phormoestes palmettovora moth - Phormoestes palmettovora Unknown micro moth in Miami - Phormoestes palmettovora
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Unassigned Ditrysia)
Family Millieriidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Millieriidae Heppner, 1982 (1)
Numbers
One species in one genus in our area (2).
Remarks
This subfamily was formerly placed in Choreutidae (1), but recent molecular work elevated it to full family status (3) (4) (5) (6).
Works Cited
1.Millieriinae: A New Subfamily of Choreutidae, with New Taxa from Chile and the United States (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea)
Heppner, John B. 1982. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 370: 1-27.
2.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.
3.Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera)
Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Sihvonen, P. & Kaila, L. 2015. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 260.
4.Data partitioning in Bayesian analysis: Molecular phylogenetics of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae)
Rota, J. 2011. Systematic Entomology, 36: 317–29.
5.Note on taxonomic history, thoraco-abdominal articulation, and current placement of Millieriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
Rota J. & Kristensen N.P. 2011. Zootaxa, 3032: 65-68.
6.Comprehensive gene and taxon coverage elucidates radiation patterns in moths and butterflies
Mutanen M., Wahlberg N., & Kaila L. 2010. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 277(1695): 2839–48.
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 11 November, 2015 - 9:08pm
Additional contributions by John VanDyk
Last updated 9 December, 2022 - 3:10pm

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