
Mnesarchaeoidea is a superfamily of "New Zealand primitive moths" containing one family, Mnesarchaeidae, and a two genera, Mnesarchaea and Mnesarchella, both of which are endemic to New Zealand.
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Mnesarchaeoidea is a superfamily of "New Zealand primitive moths" containing one family, Mnesarchaeidae, and a two genera, Mnesarchaea and Mnesarchella, both of which are endemic to New Zealand.
==Taxonomy and systematics== Mnesarchaeoidea constitutes the living sister taxon to the superfamily Hepialoidea. Within the superfamily, there is only one family, Mnesarchaeidae that contains two distinct genera, Mnesarchaea and Mnesarchella. The two are separated by differences in morphology and colour. Mnesarchaea are white on the head and thorax scales while Mnesarchella have brown heads and thorax scales. There are currently 14 known species belonging to this family, four belonging to the Mnesarchaea genus and 10 to Mnesarchella.
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