夜蛾科(学名:Noctuidae)是一科非常强壮的蛾,该科包括超过4,200属,35,000个物种,已知数量可能达到100,000种,是鳞翅目下最大的一科。
夜蛾科分布于全世界,其中欧洲约1450种。[1][2][3]
前翅为土褐色,有些后翅颜色鲜艳。两性之间的差异通常很少。绝大多数夜蛾在夜间飞行,总是强烈地被光吸引。很多物种喜欢富含糖和花蜜的花朵。
一些物种被蝙蝠捕食。然而,许多夜蛾科物种耳朵里面有响应蝙蝠回声定位的小器官,使它们翅膀肌肉发生痉挛,能不稳定地快速移动,这有助于飞蛾在逃避蝙蝠。[4]
分類
夜蛾科的物種大致可以分為下列33個亞科:
- 丽夜蛾亚科 Acontiinae
- 剑纹夜蛾亚科 Acronictinae
- Aediinae
- 虎蛾亚科 Agaristinae
- 杂夜蛾亚科 Amphipyrinae
- Araeopteroninae(降級為Araeopteron,在裳蛾科科Boletobiinae亞科中
- Bagisarinae
- Balsinae
- 苔藓夜蛾亚科 Bryophilinae
- 裳夜蛾亚科 Catocalinae
- Cocytiinae
- Condicinae
- 冬夜蛾亚科 Cuculliinae
- Cydosiinae
- Dilobinae
- Dyopsinae
- 绮夜蛾亚科 Erastriinae
- Eriopinae
- Eucocytiinae
- 尾夜蛾亚科 Euteliinae
- 文夜蛾亚科 Eustrotiinae
- 行军虫亚科 Hadeninae
- 实夜蛾亚科 Heliothinae
- 兰纹夜蛾亚科 Lophonyctinae
- Metoponiinae
- 夜蛾亚科 Noctuinae
- Oncocnemidinae
- Pantheinae
- Phytometrinae(?)
- 金翅夜蛾亚科 Plusiinae
- Psaphidinae
- 皮夜蛾亚科 Sarrothripinae
- Sinocharinae
- 蕊翅夜蛾亚科 Stictopterinae
- Stiriinae
- Strepsimaninae
- Thiacidinae
- Ufeinae
- 木冬夜蛾亚科 Xyleninae
参考资料
- Fibiger, M., 1990. Noctuinae 1. - Noctuidae Europaeae 1, Sorø, Denmark
- Fibiger, M., 1993. Noctuinae 2. - Noctuidae Europaeae 2, Sorø, Denmark
- Fibiger, M., 1997. Noctuinae 3. - Noctuidae Europaeae 3, Sorø, Denmark.
- Roeder, K.D. (1974). Acoustic sensory responses and possible bat-evasion tactics of certain moths. In Proc. Canadian Society of Zoologists’ Annual Meeting, M.D.B. Burt, ed. (Fredericton: University of New Brunswick Press), pp. 71–78. Surlykke, A. (1984). Hearing in Notodontid moths: A tympanic organ with a single auditory neuron. J. Exp. Biol. 113, 323–335. Ratcliffe, J.M., Fullard, J.H., Arthur, B.J., and Hoy, R.R. (2009). Tiger moths and the threat of bats: decision-making based on the activity of a single sensory neuron. Biol. Lett. 5, 368–371. "An Aerial-Hawking Bat Uses Stealth Echolocation to Counter Moth Hearing" Holger R. Goerlitz, Hannah M. ter Hofstede, Matt R.K. Zeale, Gareth Jones, and Marc W. Holderied - Current Biology 20, 1568–1572, September 14, 2010 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.07.046
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