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Lacturidae

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The Lacturidae also called Tropical Burnet Moths are a pantropical family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea. Brightly coloured tropical moths, the Lacturidae have been previously placed in the Plutellidae, Yponomeutidae, and Hyponomeutidae.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLacturidae
Observations recorded5,951

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Lacturidae
Collections
AM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Zygaenoidea
Image
Pl.4-fig.29-Gymnogramma hutchinsoni Walsingham, 1891.jpg
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taxon name
Lacturidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Lacturidae
Commons category
Lacturidae
taxon common name
Tropical Burnet Moths
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The Lacturidae also called Tropical Burnet Moths are a pantropical family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea. Brightly coloured tropical moths, the Lacturidae have been previously placed in the Plutellidae, Yponomeutidae, and Hyponomeutidae.

==Genera== Aictis Turner, 1926 Anticrates Meyrick, 1905 Callithrinca Meyrick, 1913 Epopsia Meyrick, 1913 Gymnogramma Meyrick, 1905 Lactura Walker, 1854 Nosymna Walker, 1864 Thyridectis Meyrick, 1886 Toiana Walker, 1886 Trychnomera Turner, 1913

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