Simaethistoidea
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Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of pyralid-like moths with two genera, whose biology and relationships among the Ditrysia
http://www.tolweb.org/simaethistis is currently unknown, namely the Australian Metaprotus (2 species)http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/Metaprotusmagnifica and the China and North Indian Simaethistis (2 species) (Dugdale et al., 1999).
Ditrysia
The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and moths. They are so named because the female has two distinct sexual openings: one for mating, and the other for laying eggs .About 98% of described species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia...
http://www.tolweb.org/simaethistis is currently unknown, namely the Australian Metaprotus (2 species)http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/Metaprotusmagnifica and the China and North Indian Simaethistis (2 species) (Dugdale et al., 1999).
Genera and species
- MetaprotusMetaprotusMetaprotus is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family....
Hampson, 1899- Metaprotus asuridia (Butler, 1886) (Australia)
- Metaprotus magnifica (Meyrick, 1887) (Australia)
- Simaethistis Hampson, 1896
- Simaethistis leechi South, 1901 (China)
- Simaethistis tricolor Butler, 1889 (India)