Immoidea
Encyclopedia
Immoidea is a superfamily of pantropical
moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus Imma
. Many are brightly coloured and diurnal. The position of this group is currently uncertain within the group Obtectomerahttp://www.tolweb.org/Obtectomera. The larvae feed on the leaves of dicotyledons and conifers including Podocarpus
(Dugdale et al. 1999).
Pantropical
In biogeography, a pantropical distribution one which covers tropical regions of all of the major continents, i.e. in Africa, in Asia and in the Americas. Examples include the plant genera Acacia and Bacopa....
moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus Imma
Imma
Imma is a large genus of moths in the family Immidae....
. Many are brightly coloured and diurnal. The position of this group is currently uncertain within the group Obtectomerahttp://www.tolweb.org/Obtectomera. The larvae feed on the leaves of dicotyledons and conifers including Podocarpus
Podocarpus
Podocarpus is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The 105 species of Podocarpus are evergreen shrubs or trees from 1-25 m in height...
(Dugdale et al. 1999).
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002