BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Further Information
| Lab. techniques | Cremaster: Once the moth has emerged, the exuvium is available for examination and the cremaster is generally still intact. The more intricate cremasters are often strongly entangled in silk which is difficult to remove to examine the structure. A few minutes soaking in dilute KOH dissolves the silk. Unlike teasing it away with a needle, this does no damage but obviously cannot be applied to living pupae. |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
| Taxon | Summary |  |
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Date | Vice-county | Country |
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| Lepidoptera | Larva | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 Jul 2008 | North-east Yorkshire | England |
| Lepidoptera? | Caterpillar | 11 | 11 | 25 May 2006 | Berks | England | |
| Lepidoptera | Larva | 9 | 9 | 29 May 2006 | Berks | England | |
| Lepidoptera | Ova and young larvae | 8 | 8 | 17 Sep 2005 | Berks | England | |
| Lepidoptera? | Imago | 6 | 6 | 28 Jun 2008 | South-east Yorkshire | England | |
| Lepidoptera? | Caterpillar | 6 | 6 | 25 May 2006 | Berks | England | |
| Lepidoptera | Larva, cocoon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 Oct 2005 | Berks | England |
| Lepidoptera? | Caterpillar | 5 | 5 | 23 May 2006 | Berks | England | |
| Lepidoptera? | Caterpillar | 4 | 4 | 25 May 2006 | Berks | England | |
| Lepidoptera | Pupa | 4 | 4 | 7 Mar 1971 | East Norfolk | England | |
| Lepidoptera? | Caterpillar | 3 | 3 | 25 May 2006 | Berks | England | |
| Lepidoptera? | Caterpillar | 3 | 3 | 23 May 2006 | Berks | England |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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| Suborder | DACNONYMPHA (a suborder of micro-moths) | 2 | ||||
| Superfamily | ERIOCRANIOIDEA (a superfamily of micro-moths) | 2 | 8 | 42 | 5 | |
| Suborder | DITRYSIA (the major suborder of moths) | 615 | 4926 | 703 | 144 | 400 |
| Suborder | EXOPORIA (swifts) | 4 | ||||
| Superfamily | HEPIALOIDEA (swifts) | 4 | 60 | 8 | 1 | |
| Suborder | MONOTRYSIA (a suborder of micro-moths) | 15 | ||||
| Superfamily | INCURVARIOIDEA (a superfamily of micro-moths) | 9 | 83 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Superfamily | NEPTICULOIDEA (a superfamily of micro-moths) | 5 | 23 | 15 | 11 | |
| Superfamily | TISCHEROIDEA (a superfamily of micro-moths) | 1 | 5 | |||
| Suborder | ZEUGLOPTERA (jawed micro-moths) | 2 | ||||
| Superfamily | MICROPTERIGOIDEA (jawed micro-moths) | 2 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Informal | (Leaf-miner moths) (Moths With Leaf-mining Larvae) | 92 | 378 | 334 | 78 | 56 |
| Informal | (Macrolepidoptera) (Macro-moths) | 424 | 3890 | 295 | 38 | 293 |
| Informal | (Microlepidoptera) (Micro-moths) | 217 | 1239 | 483 | 114 | 165 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 70 general literature references to LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
LEPIDOPTERA may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 1166 feeding and other relationships of LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
