Simaethistoidea

Taxobox
name = Simaethistoidea
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Simaethistoidea
familia = Simaethistidae
diversity = 4 species in Australia, China and India
diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity

Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of pyralid-like moths with two genera whose biology and relationships among the Ditrysia [http://www.tolweb.org/simaethistis] is currently unknown, namely the Australian "Metaprotus" (2 species) [http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/Metaprotusmagnifica] and the China and North Indian "Simaethistis" (2 species) (Dugdale "et al.", 1999).

References

*Dugdale, J.S., Kristensen, N.P., Robinson, G.S. and Scoble, M.J. (1999). The smaller microlepidoptera-grade superfamilies. Ch. 13, P. 219 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). "Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies". Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
*"Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders", edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/simaethistis Tree of Life]
* [http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/Metaprotusmagnifica Australian Moths Online]