Previous studies had suggested that moths and butterflies with proboscises, which belong to the
Glossata group, appeared only about 130 million years ago, when flowers first bloomed on land.
Contribucion al conocimiento del genero Copitarsia Hampson, 1906 (Lepidoptera:
Glossata: Cucullinae).
The singular morphology of the proboscis is related to the feeding habits of adult Lepidoptera and the substrates on which they feed and is evident in both Rhopalocera (
Glossata) and Heterocera (MOLLEMAN et al, 2005, 2010; KRENN, 2010; ZENKER et al, 2010).
Microestructura del exocorion en huevos de algunas especies de noctuidos (Lepidoptera:
Glossata: Noctuidae).
La genitalia femenina como caracter diagnostico de grupos de especies de noctuidos (Lepidoptera:
Glossata: Noctuidae): clave practica.