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Superfamily PYRALOIDEA


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Data taken from the 1996 Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia, with some modification.

Introduction

The checklist presented here is modified slightly from Schaffer et al. (1996), with the addition of type data and primary references for many genera and of primary references for some species. Further details will be added at a future date.

See Schaffer et al. (1996) for a history of the classification of pyraloid groups and review of subfamilies in Australia.

 

General References

Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM

Schaffer, M., Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M. 1996. Pyraloidea. 164-199 in Nielson, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM