Heterobathmioidea

Heterobathmioidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Heterobathmiina
Kristensen & Nielsen, 1983
Superfamily: Heterobathmioidea
Kristensen & Nielsen, 1979
Family: Heterobathmiidae
Kristensen & Nielsen, 1979
Genus: Heterobathmia
Kristensen & Nielsen, 1979
Species

H. diffusa
H. pseuderiocrania
H. valvifer

Diversity
About 10 species, but only 3 described

The Heterobathmioidea are a superfamily of the Lepidoptera, comprising the single family Heterobathmiidae, which itself contains only a single genus, Heterobathmia. Primitive, day-flying, metallic moths, confined to southern South America, the adults eat the pollen of Nothofagus or southern beech and the larvae mine the leaves (Kristensen, 1983, 1999). Most known species are undescribed (but see Kristensen and Nielsen, 1978, 1998).

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