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Immidae

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Immidae

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Immoidea is a superfamily of pantropical moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus Imma. Many are brightly coloured and diurnal. The position of this group is currently uncertain within the group Obtectomera . The larvae feed on the leaves of dicotyledons and conifers including Podocarpus (Dugdale et al. 1999).

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyImmidae
Observations recorded5,521

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
21
Family
Immidae
Collections
USNM, EMEC
Recorded in
Costa Rica, Madagascar, Peru, Brazil, Fiji, Micronesia, Federated States Of
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Immoidea is a superfamily of pantropical moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus Imma. Many are brightly coloured and diurnal. The position of this group is currently uncertain within the group Obtectomera The larvae feed on the leaves of dicotyledons and conifers including Podocarpus (Dugdale et al. 1999).

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