| Ditrysia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
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Ditrysia Borner, 1925 |
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The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and moths. They are so named because the female has two distinct sexual openings: one for mating, and the other for laying eggs. About 98% of described species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia. The group can be divided into basal or incertae sedis "micromoths" and the Apoditrysia which includes mostly larger moths as well as the butterflies. Those with a dorsal heart vessel belong in section Cossina[1]. Others, having a ventral heart vessel belong in section Tineina.
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See also
Sources
- Kristensen, N. P. and Skalski, A.W. (1999). Phylogeny and paleontology. Pages 7-25 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
- Capinera, John, editor (2008), Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd ed., Springer Verlag, New York.
External links
Media related to Ditrysia at Wikimedia Commons
Information related to Ditrysia from Wikispecies.
References
- ^ page 657 of Capinera
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