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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
DREPANOIDEA
(lutestrings and hook-tips)
Drepanoidea
is also a member of:
Macrolepidoptera
(via Drepanoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

DREPANOIDEA (lutestrings and hook-tips)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Family DREPANIDAE (hook-tip moths) 6      
Species Cilix glaucata (Scopoli, 1763) (Chinese Character Moth)   3    
Genus Drepana (hook-tip moths) 1 25    
Species Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scalloped Hook-tip Moth)   8    
Species Sabra harpagula (Esper, 1786) (Scarce Hook-tip)       1
Species Watsonalla binaria (Oak Hook-tip Moth)   10    
Species Watsonalla cultraria (Barred Hook-tip)   22    
Family THYATIRIDAE (lutestrings and other moths) 5 32 2  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J., 1991 Lasiocampidae to Thyatiridae (vol 7(2))
Ford, R.L.E., 1963 The Observer's Book of Larger Moths

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 general literature references to DREPANOIDEA (lutestrings and hook-tips)

DREPANOIDEA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
Macrolepidoptera (via Drepanoidea)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 feeding and other relationships of DREPANOIDEA (lutestrings and hook-tips)

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