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Mimallonidae
Sign in to saveMimallonidae (mimallonids), sometimes known as "sack-bearer" moths for the larval case-building behavior, are a family of Lepidoptera containing over 300 named species in 43 genera. These moths are found only in the New World, with most taxa occurring in the Neotropics. Adult moths are externally similar to those belonging to some of the other Macroheterocera families Bombycoidea and Drepanoidea, and thus have been variously treated as belonging to either one of these or other superfamilies.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyMimallonidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 90
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Mimallonidae
- Collections
- MSU, VPI, MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM (MPM)
- Recorded in
- United States, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution
- Biology
- Systematics and evolution
- Subfamilies, tribes, and genera
- Importance to humans
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Mimallonidae (mimallonids), sometimes known as "sack-bearer" moths for the larval case-building behavior, are a family of Lepidoptera containing over 300 named species in 43 genera. These moths are found only in the New World, with most taxa occurring in the Neotropics. Adult moths are externally similar to those belonging to some of the other Macroheterocera families Bombycoidea and Drepanoidea, and thus have been variously treated as belonging to either one of these or other superfamilies.
== Distribution == Mimallonids are restricted to the New World, and are distributed in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean (Cuba and The Bahamas). The vast majority of genera and species are found in the tropical regions of the New World, with only five described species from the United States.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mimallonidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.