Cimeliidae

Cimeliidae, olim Axiidae appellatae,^[1] sunt familia papilionum cuius coniunctiones intra Macrolepidopteris [2] incertae sunt, sed sola familia in nuper accepta superfamilia sunt, cuius proximae propinquae sunt Calliduloidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Bombycoidea, Mimallonoidea, Lasiocampoidea, et Noctuoidea. Eis unice sunt par organorum sinuum similia in septimo adulti papilionis spiraculo abdominali^[2] ; quae organa sonos recipientes fortasse sunt.^[3] Hi papiliones, magnitudine maiores et coloribus claris, in Europa meridiana endemici sunt.

Axia margarita

Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Insecta
Ordo : Lepidoptera
Subordo : Glossata
Infraordo : Heteroneura
Ditrysia
Superfamilia : Cimelioidea
Familia : Cimeliidae

Subdivisiones: Genera

* Axia

Larvae speciebus Euphorbiae vescuntur.

Lux adultos ad se aliquando attrahat.^[2]

Notae

↑ [1] Shen-Horn Yen and Joël Minet (2007) Cimelioidea: A New Superfamily Name for the Gold Moths (Lepidoptera: Glossata). Zoological Studies 46 (3): 262–71.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 J. Minet (1999). "The Axioidea and Calliduloidea". In N. P. Kristensen. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York. pp. 257–61
↑ J. Minet & A. Surlykke (2003). "Auditory and sound producing organs". In N. P. Kristensen. Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. Volume 2: Morphology and Physiology. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. pp. 289–323

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