Lypusidae
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Lypusidae is an obscure family of moths traditionally conssidered monotypic
(containing only the genus
Lypusa
with two species) and belonging in the primitive moth superfamily
Tineoidea
.
Recent research suggests shown that Lypusa is actually so closely related to Amphibastis – the type genus
of the gelechioid subfamily Amphisbatinae
(or family Amphisbatidae) – that these groups could be merged. What name would apply to the combined group – Amphisbatidae, Amphisbatinae, Lypusidae or Lypusinae – remains to be seen.
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
(containing only the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Lypusa
Lypusa
Lypusa is a genus of moths of the Lypusidae family, traditionally held to be a monotypic lineage of Tineoidea. However, it may actually belong to the same lineage of Gelechioidea as the Amphisbatinae ....
with two species) and belonging in the primitive moth superfamily
Superfamily
The term superfamily is used to describe several different concepts in different scientific fields:* Superfamily and Superfamily : a level of biological classification; redirects to Taxonomic rank...
Tineoidea
Tineoidea
Tineoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it, Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, whose relationships are currently uncertain.The Lypusidae, for example, might...
.
Recent research suggests shown that Lypusa is actually so closely related to Amphibastis – the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the gelechioid subfamily Amphisbatinae
Amphisbatinae
| image =| image_width = 240px| image_caption = Adult Psorosticha zizyphi| regnum = Animalia| phylum = Arthropoda| classis = Insecta| ordo = Lepidoptera| subordo = Glossata| infraordo = Heteroneura| zoodivisio = Ditrysia| superfamilia = Gelechioidea...
(or family Amphisbatidae) – that these groups could be merged. What name would apply to the combined group – Amphisbatidae, Amphisbatinae, Lypusidae or Lypusinae – remains to be seen.