Family HYPERTROPHIDAE
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March 2012 - You Ning Su, with advice from Ted Edwards, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra
Introduction
[Modified after Common in Nielsen et al. (1996: 91)].
The two Australian genera Hypertropha Meyrick and Eupselia Meyrick were originally referred to the Glyphipterigidae by Meyrick (1880b), and this assignment was continued by Meyrick (1882, 1883, 1887). Hypertropha was transferred to the Copromorphidae by Meyrick (1906), and Eupselia to the Oecophoridae. Fletcher (1929) established the separate family Hypertrophidae for Hypertropha but, along with Meyrick (1922), Turner (193b, 1947), Gaede (1939) and Clarke (1963), retained Eupselia in the Oecophoridae. Diakonoff (1954) again associated Hypertropha and Eupselia in a subfamily of the Glyphipterigidae, but Common (1970b, 1980) referred to both genera to the Oecophoride. Hodges (1974) tentatively followed Diakonoff (1954) in placing these two genera in Glyphipterigidae, but later (Hodges 1978) included the Hypertrophinae as a subfamily of his enlarged Oecophoridae. After further study of these and related genera, Common (1990) and Nielsen & Common (1991) referred the group to a separate family Hypertrophidae of the Gelechioidea. Minet (1990), on the other hand, treated Hypertropha and related genera as a subfamily of his greatly enlarged Elachistidae.
The Hypertrophidae are almost entirely Australian, with only two species in one genus occurring in New Guinea. Fifty species in 11 genera are recorded for Australia, but numerous undescribed species are known. The larvae feed on the green foliage of trees belonging to the Myrtaceae, especially Eucalyptus, and have an erect pupa not contained in a cocoon.
General References
Common, I.F.B. 1970. Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies). pp. 765-866, pls 7, 8 in Mackerras, I.M. (ed.). The Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press 1029, 8 pls.
Common, I.F.B. 1980. The systematic position of Hypertropha (Lepidoptera) and related Australian genera. Entomologica Scandinavica 11: 17-31
Common, I.F.B. 1990. Moths of Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press vi+535 pp., 32 pls.
Common, I.F.B. 1996. Hypertrophidae. pp. 91-92 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.
Diakonoff, A. 1954. Revision of the Hypertrophinae (Lepidoptera, Glyphipterygidae). I. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen C57(3): 273-695, pl. 4
Fletcher, T.B. 1929. A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, India Ent. 11: 1-244
Gaede, M. 1939. Oecophoridae II. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 92: 209-476
Hodges, R.W. 1974. Gelechioidea Oecophoridae. In, Dominick, R.B. et al. (eds). The Moths of America North of Mexico. London : E.W. Classey Limited and R.B.D. Publications Inc. Vol. 6.2 142+x pp., a+7 pls.
Hodges, R.W. 1978. Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae. In, Dominick, R.B. et al. (eds). The Moths of America North of Mexico. London : E.W. Classey Limited & R.B.D. Publications Inc. Vol. 6.1 166+x pp., 6 pls.
Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. IV. Tineina. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(2): 204-271
Meyrick, E. 1882. Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. VII. Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(2): 148-202
Meyrick, E. 1883. On the classification of some families of the Tineina. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883(2): 119-131
Meyrick, E. 1887. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(4): 1037-1048
Meyrick, E. 1906. Descriptions of Australian Tineina. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 33-66
Meyrick, E. 1922. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fam. Oecophoridae. Genera Insectorum 180: 1-224, pls 1-6
Minet, J. 1990. Remaniement partiel de la classification des Gelechioidea, essentiellement en fonction de caractères pré-imaginaux. Alexanor 16: 239-255
Nielsen, E.S. & Common, I.F.B. 1991. Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies). pp. 817-915, pls 7, 8 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. 2 vols. Carlton : Melbourne University Press xiii + vi + 1075 pp., 8 pls.
Turner, A.J. 1939. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. VIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 64: 54-72
Turner, A.J. 1947. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. XIV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 72: 143-158
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |