Snout Moths, Picture-winged Moths, Fruitworm Moths & relatives

Lepidoptera - Ditrysia - Obtectomera except Macrolepidoptera
This room displays photos of snout moths, picture-winged moths, fruitworm moths and other relatives belonging to Obtectomera but not to Macrolepidoptera.
Unidentified Lepidopterans are found here.
(L) stands for Larva.

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Palpita nigropunctalis, or Maeaka Sukashi No-meiga <Crambidae - Pyraustinae>. photo: 03/2004, Tokyo, Japan.	Orthopygia glaucinalis, or Futasuji Shima Meiga, probably <Pyralidae - Pyralinae>. photo: 04/2004, Tokyo, Japan.	Hypsopygia regina [1], or Tobiiro Shimameiga <Pyralidae - Pyralinae>. photo: 05/2004, Tokyo, Japan.



Hypsopygia regina [2], or Tobiiro Shimameiga <Pyralidae - Pyralinae>. photo: 06/2004, Tokyo, Japan.	Spoladea recurvalis [1], or Shiroobi Nomeiga <Crambidae - Pyraustinae>. photo: 04/2005, Tokyo, Japan.	Anania funebris [1][2], or Shiromon Kuro Nomeiga, probably <Crambidae - Pyraustinae>. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan.



Spoladea recurvalis [2], or Shiroobi Nomeiga <Crambidae - Pyraustinae>. photo: 10/2005, Tokyo, Japan.	A Snout Moth, or Endotricha sp. <Pyralidae - Pyralinae>. photo: 06/2008, Alishan, Taiwan.	A Snout Moth [1][2], Shirohara Nomeiga or Pleuroptya deficiens <Crambidae - Pyraustinae>. photo: 06/2008, Alishan, Taiwan.

A Snout Moth [1][2], or Endotricha sp. <Pyralidae - Pyralinae>. photo: 06/2008, Alishan, Taiwan.

A Snout Moth [1][2], or Paracymoriza cataclystalis <Crambidae - Acentropinae>. photo: 06/2008, Alishan, Taiwan.

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exhibition rooms in this sector :

hymenoptera : sawflies | bees and digger wasps | ants | hornets | ichneumon wasps | other wasps
lepidoptera : inchworm moths || noctuid moths || hawk-moths || snout moths || other moths || swallowtails || whites || blues | riodinids || tigers & crows | palmflies & palm kings | morphos & evening browns | ringlets & treebrowns | Biblidinae | admirals & emperors | pansies & oak leaves | heliconiinae | sailers & gliders | other nymphalids || skippers || unidentified lepidopterans
diptera : true flies | mosquitoes and crane flies
coleoptera : ground beetles | scarabs | click beetles | lady beetles | leaf beetles | weevils | others
hemiptera : aphids & scales || cicadas & leafhoppers || aquatic bugs | assassin bugs | stink bugs
orthoptera : crickets | grasshoppers
dictyoptera : praying mantis | cockroaches | termites
odonata : dragonflies | damselflies
other group : other insects

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