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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Unassigned Ditrysia » Apoditrysia not assigned to family or superfamily (Unplaced-idae)

Family Unplaced-idae - Apoditrysia not assigned to family or superfamily

Representative Images

Botanical Gardens Leaf miner on Dichanthelium BG1 2016 3 - Cycloplasis panicifoliella Botanical Gardens Leaf miner on Dichanthelium BG1 leaf circle with pupating larva maybe 2016 5 - Cycloplasis panicifoliella Cycloplasis from Dichanthelium oligosanthes - Cycloplasis immaculata Cycloplasis from Dichanthelium oligosanthes - Cycloplasis immaculata Sandy Creek Park leaf miner on Dichanthelium D439 2017 3 - Cycloplasis panicifoliella Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Dichanthelium D779 and D779A 2017 1 - Cycloplasis panicifoliella Cyphacma tragiae dorsal
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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 Unplaced-idae (Apoditrysia not assigned to family or superfamily)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cycloplasis has been placed in the Heliodinidae in the past, but based on recent analyses it appears not even to belong to the superfamily Yponomeutoidea. The tree generated by Sohn et al. (2013) places it close to Galacticoidea.
Also included here is Cyphacma tragiae, which is misplaced to genus and closely resembles Cycloplasis.

Print References

Sohn et al. 2013. A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use. PLoS One. 8(1): e55066.

Internet References

microleps.org
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 March, 2014 - 3:40pm
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 24 February, 2024 - 11:18am

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