Lepidóptero
Keywords: Lepidóptero, Animal, Artrópodo, Clasificación científica, Familia (biología), Insecto, Larva, Mariposa, Metamorfosis
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Los lepidópteros (Lepidoptera) es la orden de insectos a la que pertenecen todas las mariposas y polillas.
Características
Poseen dos pares de alas membranosas cubiertas de escamas coloreadas, aparato bucal chupador (véase Insecto) provisto de una larga trompa que se enrolla en espiral (espiritrompa) y se desarrollan por metamorfosis complicada. La larva, a diferencia del adulto, presenta un aparato bucal de tipo masticador. Los lepidópteros son insectos terrestres y sólo ocasionalmente algunas larvas son acuáticas.
Familias aceptadas en la actualidad
Se piensa que hay cerca de 130 familias dentro de este orden, pero las opiniones de cuáles son éstas cambian con frecuencia entre los científicos. El tratamiento que se da aquí es el adoptado por la base de datos del Museo de Historia Natural de Londres:
| Familia | Posible inclusión en |
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| Acanthopteroctetidae Davis, 1978 | |
| Acrolepiidae Heinemann, 1870 | Plutellidae o Yponomeutidae |
| Acrolophidae | Tineidae |
| Adelidae Bruand, 1851 | |
| Agathiphagidae Kristensen, 1967 | |
| Agonoxenidae Meyrick, 1926 | Elastichidae o Coleophoridae |
| Aididae | Megalopygidae |
| Alucitidae Leach, 1815 | |
| Anomoeotidae | |
| Anomosetidae | |
| Anthelidae | |
| Arctiidae Leach, 1815 | |
| Arrhenophanidae | |
| Axiidae Rebel, 1919 | Noctuidae |
| Batrachedridae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 | Coleophoridae, Mompidae o Cosmopterigidae |
| Bedelliidae Meyrick, 1880 | Lyonetiidae |
| Blastobasidae Meyrick, 1894 | Coleophoridae |
| Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 | |
| Brachodidae Heppner, 1979 | Glyphipterigidae |
| Brahmaeidae Swinhoe, 1892 | |
| Bucculatricidae Wallengren, 1881 | |
| Callidulidae | |
| Carposinidae Walsigham, 1897 | |
| Carthaeidae | |
| Castniidae | |
| Cecidosidae | Incurvariidae |
| Choreutidae Stainton, 1854 | Glyphipterigidae |
| Coleophoridae Hubner, 1825 | |
| Copromorphidae | |
| Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 | |
| Cossidae Leach, 1815 | |
| Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Pyralidae |
| Crinopterygidae Spuler, 1898 | |
| Cyclotornidae | |
| Dalceridae | |
| Doidae | Arctiidae |
| Douglasiidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 | |
| Drepanidae Boisduval, 1828 | |
| Dudgeoneidae | |
| Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | |
| Endromidae Boisduval, 1828 | |
| Epermeniidae Spuler, 1910 | |
| Epicopeiidae | |
| Epipyropidae Dyar, 1903 | |
| Eriocottidae Spuler, 1898 | Incurvariidae |
| Eriocraniidae Tutt, 1899 | |
| Ethmiidae Busck, 1909 | Elachistidae |
| Eupterotidae | |
| Galacticidae | Plutellidae |
| Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | |
| Geometridae Leach, 1815 | |
| Glyphipterigidae Stainton, 1854 | |
| Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854 | |
| Hedylidae | Geometridae |
| Heliodinidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 | |
| Heliozelidae Heineman & Wocke, 1877 | |
| Hepialidae Stephens, 1829 | |
| Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | |
| Heterobathmiidae | Micropterigidae |
| Heterogynidae Herrich Schaffer, 1846 | |
| Himantopteridae | |
| Holcopogonidae Gozmany, 1967 | Autostichidae |
| Hyblaeidae | |
| Immidae Heppner, 1977 | Glyphipterigidae |
| Incurvariidae Spuler, 1898 | |
| Lacturidae | Yponomeutidae |
| Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841 | |
| Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947 | Gelechiidae |
| Lemoniidae Dyar, 1896 | |
| Limacodidae Duponchet, 1845 | |
| Lophocoronidae Common, 1973 | |
| Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | |
| Lymantriidae Hampson, 1893 | |
| Lyonetiidae Stainton, 1854 | |
| Lypusidae | Tineidae, Psychidae o Yponomeutidae |
| Megalopygidae | |
| Metachandidae Meyrick, 1911 | Oecophoridae o Gelechiidae |
| Micropterigidae Herrich Schaffer, 1855 | |
| Mimallonidae | |
| Mirinidae | Bombycidae |
| Mnesarchaeidae | |
| Momphidae Herrich Schaffer, 1857 | Coleophoridae |
| Neopseustidae | |
| Neotheoridae Kristensen, 1978. | |
| Nepticulidae Stainton, 1854 | |
| Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | |
| Nolidae Hampson, 1894 | Noctuidae |
| Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 | |
| Nymphalidae Swainson, 1827 | |
| Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851 | |
| Oenosandridae | Notodontidae (Thaumatopoeidae) |
| Opostegidae Meyrick, 1893 | |
| Palaeosetidae | |
| Palaephatidae | Tineidae |
| Pantheidae | Noctuidae |
| Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | |
| Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | |
| Plutellidae Guenee, 1845 | Yponomeutidae |
| Prodoxidae Riley, 1881 | |
| Prototheoridae | |
| Psychidae Boisduval, 1828 | |
| Pterolonchidae Meyrick, 1918 | Coleophoridae |
| Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 | |
| Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 | |
| Riodinidae | Lycaenidae |
| Roeslerstammiidae Bruand, 1850 | |
| Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 | |
| Schreckensteiniidae Fletcher, 1929 | |
| Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 | |
| Sematuridae | |
| Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 | |
| Simaethistidae | Pyralidae |
| Somabrachyidae Hampson, 1920 | Megalopygidae |
| Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | |
| Symmocidae Gozmany, 1957 | Autostichidae |
| Thaumetopoeidae | Notodontidae |
| Thyrididae Herrich Schaffer, 1846 | |
| Tineidae Latreille, 1810 | |
| Tineodidae Meyrick, 1885 | |
| Tischeriidae Spuler, 1898 | |
| Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 | |
| Uraniidae | |
| Urodidae | |
| Whalleyanidae | Thyrididae |
| Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829 | |
| Ypsolophidae Guenee, 1845 | Yponomeutidae |
| Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809 |