Metaphatus
''Metaphatus'' is a genus of moths in the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986. Species * ''Metaphatus spatulatus'' Davis, 1986 * ''Metaphatus ochraceus'' Davis, 1986 * ''Metaphatus ichnius'' Davis, 1986 * ''Metaphatus cirrhus'' Davis, 1986 * ''Metaphatus sinuatus'' Davis, 1986 * ''Metaphatus adustus'' Davis, 1986 References

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Metaphatus Spatulatus
''Metaphatus spatulatus'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986."A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia"
by Donald R. Davis. It is found in the temperate forests of the lake region of Argentina. The length of the forewings is 8–10 mm for males and 9–10.5 mm for females. Adults have light to medium brown forewings, faintly marked with dark brown and a few scattered white scales. They are on wing from October to January in one generation per year.

Etymology

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Metaphatus Ochraceus
''Metaphatus ochraceus'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986."A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia"
by Donald R. Davis. It is found from the Talca Province in south to Chiloe Island and Esquel in

Metaphatus Ichnius
''Metaphatus ichnius'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986."A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia"
by Donald R. Davis. It is found in the temperate Andean forests of southern

Metaphatus Cirrhus
''Metaphatus cirrhus'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986."A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia"
by Donald R. Davis. It is found in the dry '''' forests of central

Metaphatus Sinuatus
''Metaphatus sinuatus'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986."A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia"
by Donald R. Davis. It is known from one location in central

Metaphatus Adustus
''Metaphatus adustus'' is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986."A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia"
by Donald R. Davis. It is found in the temperate forests and outlying areas of southern montane and south-central . The length of the forewings is 7.5–9.5 mm for males and 9–11 mm for fema ...
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Palaephatidae
Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with four species in eastern Australia and Tasmania and one in South Africa (Davis, 1999). The larvae spin together leaves of Proteaceae (''Ptyssoptera'') or Verbenaceae (''Azaleodes'') (Nielsen, 1987). Palaephatoidea, a typical monotrysian group, is one two main candidates as the sister group of most of the Lepidoptera, the Ditrysia Ditrysia is a clade of lepidopterans that contains both butterflies and a majority of moth species. They are named for the fact that the female has two distinct sexual openings: one for mating, and the other for laying eggs. About 98% of know ... (see Tischerioidea and also Wiegmann ''et al.'', 2002). References *Davis, D.R. (1986). A new family of monotrysian moth from austral South America (Lepidoptera: Pa ...
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Moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and Diurnal animal, diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the Butterfly, butterflies form a monophyly, monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae a ...
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