Family IMMIDAE

Immidae

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[After Common 1996: 150]
The family was established by Heppner (1977) for Imma Walker and a few related genera which had previously been placed in the Glyphipterigdae and the Choreutidae. Common (1979) established the superfamily Immoidea.

The world fauna was revised by Meyrick (1906), listed in Lepidopterorum Catalogus by Meyrick (1913) and reviewed in Genera Insectorum by Meyrick (1914). Heppner (1982) reviewed the world fauna and provided a checklist. Australian species were described by Turner (1913a) and in scattered publications by Meyrick, Lower and Turner. The biology of Imma acosma (Turner) was described by Common (1979).

General References

Common, I.F.B. 1979. The larvae and pupae of Imma acosma (Turner) and I. vaticina Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Immidae), and the taxonomic relationships of the family. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18: 33-38

Common, I.F.B. 1996. Immidae. p. 150 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.

Heppner, J.B. 1977. The status of the Glyphipterigidae and a reassessment of relationships in yponomeutoid families and ditrysian superfamilies. Journal of the Lepidoptera Society 31: 124-134

Heppner, J.B. 1982. Review of the family Immidae, with a world checklist. Entomography 1: 257-279

Meyrick, E. 1906. On the genus Imma, Walk. (=Tortricomorpha, Feld.). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1906: 169-206

Meyrick, E. 1913. Carposinidae, Heliodidinae, Glyphipterygidae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 13: 1-53

Meyrick, E. 1914. Lepidoptera Heterocera Fam. Glyphipterygidae. Genera Insectorum 164: 1-39, pls 1-2

Turner, A.J. 1913. Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 174-228 [Date published 17 Sept. 1913]

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