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11-1-25
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
(Atteva aurea)
San José Island, TX

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February 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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In Annales de la @socentomolfr.bsky.social N.S.
"Ogivaluncidae (Lepidoptera: ?Yponomeutoidea), a new moth family from the Lowermost Eocene amber of France"
Nel,J., Ngô-Muller,V., @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social
Hébert,F., Peng,A., & Nel,A. @isyeb.mnhn.fr
#Ditrysia
➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
April 21, 2026 at 7:23 AM
wtf-r-species.bsky.social
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Pterolonchidae 2 genera, 8 species (Gelechioidea)
Attevidae 1 genus, 52 species (Yponomeutoidea)
Opostegidae 7 genera, 192 species (Nepticuloidea)

I had never heard of those families!
September 17, 2026 at 6:27 AM
wtf-r-species.bsky.social
What is the number of species of Lepidoptera? I had not realized how many families there were!

e.g.
Attevidae 1 genus, 52 species (Yponomeutoidea)
Opostegidae 7 genera, 192 species (Nepticuloidea)
...
doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness | Zootaxa
doi.org
September 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM