Ditrysia
Kamehameha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Glossata Infraorder: Heteroneura (unranked): Ditrysia
Principal clades and Superfamilies
Ditrysia Borner, 1925 Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Apoditrysia Galacticoidea Zygaenoidea Cossoidea Sesioidea Choreutoidea Tortricoidea Urodoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Alucitoidea Pterophoroidea Obtectomera Whalleyanoidea Immoidea Copromorphoidea Hyblaeoidea Pyraloidea Thyridoidea Macrolepidoptera Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Bombycoidea Noctuoidea Drepanoidea Geometroidea Axioidea Calliduloidea Rhopalocera Hedyloidea Hesperioidea Papilionoidea

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. The group can be divided into basal or incertae sedis "micromoths" and the Apoditrysia which includes mostly larger moths as well as the butterflies.

See also

• Monotrysia
• Lepidoptera

Sources

• Kristensen, N. P. and Skalski, A.W. (1999). Phylogeny and paleontology. Pages 7-25 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.

External links

• Tree of Life project page: Ditrysia

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