Neolepidoptera
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Davis D. R. 1999. The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Pages 65–90 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.
Friedlander, T. P., J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, D. L. Wagner, and Q. Q. Fang. 2000. Evolution of heteroneuran Lepidoptera (Insecta) and the utility of dopa decarboxylase for Cretaceous-aged phylogenetics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130:213-234.
Krenn, H. W. and N. P. Kristensen. 2000. Early evolution of the proboscis of Lepidoptera (Insecta): external morphology of the galea in basal glossatan moth lineages, with remarks on the origin of the pilifers. Zoologischer Anzeiger 239:179-196.
Kristensen, N. P. 1999. The Homoneurous Glossata. Pages 51-63 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.
Kristensen, N. P. and A. W. Skalski. 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.
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Nielsen, E. S., G. S. Robinson, D. L. Wagner. 2000. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 34 (6):823-878.
Scoble, M. J. 1992. The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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| Scientific Name | Nemophora ochsenheimerella |
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| Location | Austria, Salzburg, Osterhorngruppe, St. Gilgen, Falkenstein, Scheffelblick |
| Comments | more info (in german) |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Sex | Male |
| Source | Nemophora ochsenheimerella (Hübner, 1813) |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2004 Michael Kurz |
| Scientific Name | Attacus atlas |
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| Location | captive, Tucson Botanic Gardens; origin SE Asia |
| Comments | Newly emerged specimen of the world's largest moth. |
| Identified By | David Bygott |
| Sex | Male |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | Dorsal |
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| Scientific Name | Hepialus humuli humuli |
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| Location | Burnley, East Lancashire, UK |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Sex | Female |
| Source | GHOST MOTH Hepialus humuli humuli female |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Graham |
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