Hedylids

[Kenelm Philip]

	The superfamily Hedyloidea, containing the single family Hedylidae,
with 35 species in a single genus _Macrosoma_, was added to the Rhopalocera
by Scoble in 1986. The species are restricted to tropical America. The
antennae are not knobbed, and the adults have a moth-like appearance.
Taxonomy is a fuzzy discipline--things are often not what they look like.

							Ken Philip
fnkwp at uaf.edu




 
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