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Yponomeutoidea

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Yponomeutoidea Stephens
2011Yponomeutoidea van Nieukerken et al. p. 214
2012Yponomeutoidea Sohn et al. p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
superfamilyYponomeutoideaStephens 1829
superfamilyYponomeutoideaStephens 1829

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Yponomeutoidea Stephens 1829
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Fm. Argyresthiidae Bruand 1851
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G. †Argyresthites Rebel 1934
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Fm. Lyonetiidae Stainton 1854
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Subfm. Cemiostominae Spuler 1898
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G. †Prolyonetia Kuznetsov 1941
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Prolyonetia cockerelli Kuznetsov 1941
Invalid names: Prolyonetiidae Kuznetsov 1941 [synonym]
Fm. Plutellidae Guenee 1845
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G. †Epinomeuta Rebel 1936
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G. †Plutellites Kozlov 1988
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Plutellites minorellus Rebel 1936
Plutellites tenebricus Kozlov 1988
G. †Scythropites Rebel 1936
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Fm. Ypsolophidae Guenée 1845
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Subfm. Ypsolophinae Guenée 1845
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G. Ypsolopha Latreille 1796
Invalid names: Yponomeutidae Stephens 1829 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Uintan to the top of the Priabonian or 45.90000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.7 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Yponomeutidae indet. (187753)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Argyresthites succinella (123870) Epinomeuta inversella, Epinomeuta minorella, Epinomeuta truncatipennella, Epinomeuta acutipennella, Argyresthites balticella (123757) Plutellites tenebricus (120610) Prolyonetia cockerelli (124849) Scythropites balticella (123926)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Plutellidae indet. (123762)