180,000 species of Lepidoptera are described, equivalent to 10% of the total described species of living organisms.[1] This is a list of the diversity of the Lepidoptera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and, where available, family. See Lepidoptera for a note of the schedule of families used.
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Lepidoptera (/ˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərə/ LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species...
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described from Africa, thus expanding the existing understanding of Lepidopterandiversity on the continent. The description of this new genus and species...
preying on it. In Batesian mimicry, wing colour patterns help edible Lepidopterans mimic inedible models while in Müllerian mimicry inedible butterflies...
sawflies (suborder Symphyta) are commonly called caterpillars as well. Both lepidopteran and symphytan larvae have eruciform body shapes. Caterpillars of most...
is typically associated with Lepidopteran (moth or butterfly) pollination. Heterostyly Peter K. Endress (1996). Diversity and evolutionary biology of tropical...
largest moth in Australia White witch moth (Thysania agrippina), the Lepidopteran with the longest wingspan Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)...
used by numerous plants, almost all New World tarantulas, and various lepidopteran caterpillars. Urtica is Latin for "nettle" (stinging nettles are in the...
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Rhynocoris marginatus showed some insecticidal activity in vitro, in tests on lepidopteran pests. The effects included reduction of food consumption, assimilation...
even parasitoids of parasitoids; the eggs of Euceros are laid beside lepidopteran larvae and the wasp larvae feed temporarily on their haemolymph, but...
The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths. The Hepialidae...
postvittana) (often abbreviated to LBAM) is a leafroller moth belonging to the lepidopteran family Tortricidae. Light brown apple moth adults are variable in colour...
and macrolepidoptera, respectively. Intuitively, the "micros" are any lepidopteran not currently placed in the macrolepidoptera. This paraphyletic assemblage...
50 mammalian species inhabit the area, and over 60 unique species of Lepidopterans have been seen here, in addition to the more than 1,000 invertebrate...
Paleozoic and Mesozoic is published by Beutel et al. (2024). A study on the diversity of Late Triassic (Norian) beetles from the Cow Branch and Walnut Cove...
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together...
and New South Wales. Lupins are important larval food plants for many lepidopterans (butterflies and moths). These include: Aricia icarioides missionensis...
most economically important of all lepidopterans. The silk moth is the only completely domesticated lepidopteran; it does not exist in the wild. Insects...
characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization, from kingdoms to species, and...
to fight against the immune system of its hosts, Heliothis virescens (Lepidopteran) with the association of a polydnavirus (PDV) (Campoletis sonorensis...
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The codling moth (Cydia pomonella) is a member of the Lepidopteran family Tortricidae. They are major pests to agricultural crops, mainly fruits such as...
while meadow foxtail has a single soft awn. The caterpillars of some lepidopterans use it as a foodplant, e.g. the Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola)....
which has evolved to gain advantages in adaptation and distribution. Lepidopterans undergo complete metamorphosis, going through a four-stage life cycle:...
insects, is the largest in Sri Lanka with 3,033 documented species. Lepidopterans, moths and butterflies, have the second largest number of species in...
Gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Subspecies of this bacteria are used as Lepidopteran-specific insecticides under trade names such as Dipel and Thuricide....
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