Drepanoidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of moths}}
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| image = Nordstromia sp. (Drepanidae).jpg
| taxon = Drepanoidea
| authority = Boisduval, 1828
| display_parents = 5
| synonyms = *Cimelioidea Chrétien, 1916
- Axioidea Rebel, 1919 (Unav.)
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = * Drepanidae
}}
Drepanoidea is the superfamily of "hook tip moths". See Minet and Scoble (1999) for a comprehensive overview.
References
- Minet, J. and Scoble, M.J. (1999). The Drepanoid/Geometroid Assemblage. Ch. 17 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
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