Heteroneura

Heteroneura
	Plume moth from familyPterophoridaeonBoerhavia diffusainHyderabad, India.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Neolepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Divisions
	Ditrysia; Monotrysia;

Heteroneurais a natural group (orclade) in theinsect order Lepidopterathat comprises over 99% of allbutterfliesandmoths.^[1]This is thesister groupof theinfraorder Exoporia(swift moths and their relatives),^[2]and is characterised by wing venation which is not similar or homoneurous^[3]in both pairs of wings. Though basal groups within the Heteroneura cannot be identified with much confidence,^[4]one major subgroup is the leaf-mining Nepticuloidea. Species in this subgroup include some of the smallest lepidopterans identified.^[5]

References

^Niels P. Kristensen (1999).Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Bd. 4, Arthropoda: Hälfte 2, Insecta: Teilbd. 35, Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies: Vol. 1. Evolution, systematics, and biogeography.Walter de Gruyter. p. 65.ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8.
^Niels Kristensen (1 January 2003).Vol 2: Morphology, Physiology, and Development.Walter de Gruyter. p. 88.ISBN 978-3-11-089372-4.
^"Homoneurous - Wiktionary".Retrieved17 February2021.
^"Variety of Life".Retrieved17 February2021.
^Grimaldi, David (2005).Evolution of the Insects.New York: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0.^{[page needed]}

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[Kristensen1999-1] Niels P. Kristensen (1999).Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Bd. 4, Arthropoda: Hälfte 2, Insecta: Teilbd. 35, Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies: Vol. 1. Evolution, systematics, and biogeography.Walter de Gruyter. p. 65.ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8.

[Kristensen2003-2] Niels Kristensen (1 January 2003).Vol 2: Morphology, Physiology, and Development.Walter de Gruyter. p. 88.ISBN 978-3-11-089372-4.

[3] "Homoneurous - Wiktionary".Retrieved17 February2021.

[4] "Variety of Life".Retrieved17 February2021.

[5] Grimaldi, David (2005).Evolution of the Insects.New York: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0.^{[page needed]}

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