Adeloidea

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| image = Nemophora degeerella 20050611-004-moth.jpg

| image_caption = A longhorn moth, Nemophora degeerella

| taxon = Adeloidea

| authority = Bruand, 1850

| synonyms = * Incurvarioidea Spuler, 1898

| synonyms_ref = van Nieukerken et al (2011) [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p221.pdf Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758]. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness, Zootaxa 3148, 212-221.

| diversity = About 600 species

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision =

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Adeloidea is a superfamily of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which consists of leafcutters, yucca moths and relatives. This superfamily is characterised by a piercing, extensible ovipositor used for laying eggs in plants (Davis, 1999). Many species are day-flying with metallic patterns.

References

Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp. 65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Sources

Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, {{ISBN|1-55297-612-2}}, 2002

Category:Lepidoptera superfamilies