Open AccessTHE LARVAE AND PUPAE OF IMMA ACOSMA (TURNER) AND I. VATICINA MEYRICK (LEPIDOPTERA: IMMIDAE), AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE FAMILY
Author(s) -
Common I. F. B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00808.x
Subject(s) - biology , pupa , lepidoptera genitalia , larva , zoology , evolutionary biology , ecology
Absract The external morphology and habits of the larvae and pupae of Imma acosma and I. vaticina from eastern Australia are described and figured. In the light of this new information, the taxonomic relationships of the family are discussed and a new superfamily, Immoidea, proposed.