Whalleyana

Taxobox
name = Whalleyanoidea
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Glossata
cohort = Myoglossata
subcohort = Neolepidoptera
infraordo = Heteroneura
unranked_familia = Ditrysia
superfamilia = Whalleyanoidea
familia = Whalleyanidae
genus = Whalleyana
diversity = 2 species
diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Whalleyana vroni" Viette, 1977
*"Whalleyana toni" Viette, 1977<

Whalleyana Viette, 1977 is an enigmatic genus of moths in the Lepidopteran group Obtectomera [http://www.tolweb.org/Obtectomera] endemic to Madagascar containing two species, whose biology and closest relatives is unknown. This genus was previously placed in the picture-winged leaf moths (Thyrididae) but then placed in its own family (Minet, 1991) and later elevated to its own superfamily (Dugdale et al., 1999: 229-230); see also Fänger (2004).

References

*Dugdale, J.S., Kristensen, N.P., Robinson, G.S. and Scoble, M.J. (1999). The non-Glossatan Moths. Ch. 13, pp. 217-233 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.
*Fänger, H.. 2004. Comparative morphology of tergal phragmata occurring in the dorsal thoraco-abdominal junction of ditrysian Lepidoptera (Insecta). "Zoomorphology", 119 (3): 163-183. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/ufbf0nlq7lwcwhwc/ pdf]
*Minet, J. (1991). Tentative reconstruction of the ditrysian phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Glossata). "Entomologica Scandinavica", 22: 69-95.

ources

*"Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders", edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Whalleyana Tree of Life]
* [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Whalleyanoidea Wikispecies]