3. Classification and Keys to Higher Taxa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Editor’s preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Contributors ix
5. 1. Historical Introduction 1
6. 2. Phylogeny and Palaeontology 7
7. 3. Classification and Keys to Higher Taxa 27
8. 4. The Non-Glossatan Moths 41
9. 5. The Homoneurous Glossata 51
10. 6. The Monotrysian Heteroneura 65
11. 7. The Tineoidea and Gracillarioidea 91
12. 8. The Yponomeutoidea 119
13. 9. The Gelechioidea 131
14. 10. The Zygaenoidea 159
15. 11. The Cossoid/Sesioid Assemblage 181
16. 12. The Tortricoidea 199
17. 13. The Smaller Microlepidoptera-Grade Superfamilies 217
18. 14. The Pyraloidea 233
19. 15. The Axioidea and Calliduloidea 257
20. 16. The Butterflies: Hedyloidea, Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea 263
21. 17. The Drepanoid/Geometroid Assemblage 301
22. 18. The Bombycoidea and their Relatives 321
23. 19. The Noctuoidea 355
24. 20. Evolution of Larval Food Preferences in Lepidoptera 403
25. 21. Biogeography of the Lepidoptera 423
26. Index of Scientific Lepidoptera Names 463
27. Instructions for the Authors 489