Mirinidae
Encyclopedia
Mirina is genus of moth
s in the Endromidae
family. It was previously assigned to its own family, the Mirinidae. The genus contains three described species
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Endromidae
Endromidae
Endromidae is a family of moths. It was long considered to be a monotypic family, containing just one species, the Kentish Glory, Endromis versicolora, found throughout the Palaearctic region .-Genera:*Andraca*Endromis...
family. It was previously assigned to its own family, the Mirinidae. The genus contains three described species
External links
- Catalog of Life
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=18412.0&FAMILY=mirinidae&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&beginIndex=1&listPageURL=GenusList3%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dmirinidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dmirinidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwithNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
- Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)