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Use of the characters of trophic specialization in the taxonomy of the broad-winged moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae, Chimabachidae, Amphisbatidae, Depressariidae)

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Trophic specialization of the larvae of Oecophorid moths from the Palaearctic Region is investigated. The former family Oecophoridae (sensu lato) is presently considered a polyphyletic group and is divided into the separate families Oecophoridae sensu stricto (with subfamilies Deuterogoniinae, Oecophorinae and Pleurotinae), Chimabachidae, Amphisbatidae and Depressariidae. Xyloryctidae, Stathmopodidae, Ethmiidae and Autostichidae are also considered as separate families. In these taxa, two main modes of feeding occur: on dead plants and on living plants. The first mode is inhered in Oecophoridae (in subfamily Pleurotinae both the modes are known) and Autostichidae. The family Amphisbatidae occupies an intermediate position as the larvae of Amphisbatini use dead leaves, whereas the larvae of Fuchsiini and Hypercalliini use green plants. The rest of the families associate with living plants. Trophic specialization in the families formerly included in Oecophoridae mostly corresponds to the taxonomic division based mainly on the morphological characters, although some exceptions are known, e. g. feeding of larvae of Carcina quercana (Oecophoridae, Oecophorinae, Carcinini) on living leaves.

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Original Russian Text © A.L. Lvovsky, 2009, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2009, Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 126–134.

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Lvovsky, A.L. Use of the characters of trophic specialization in the taxonomy of the broad-winged moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae, Chimabachidae, Amphisbatidae, Depressariidae). Entmol. Rev. 89, 299–305 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873809030075

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