What is Hedylidae?
Q: What is Hedylidae?
A: Hedylidae is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order, commonly known as the "American moth-butterflies".
Q: Are moth-butterflies more moth-like or butterfly-like?
A: Moth-butterflies are rather moth-like.
Q: What is the relationship between butterflies and moths?
A: Butterflies evolved from moths.
Q: What is the sister group to the butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea?
A: The living sister group to the butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea is Hedylidae.
Q: Who combined all 35 species of Hedylidae into a single genus?
A: In 1986, Scoble combined all 35 species of Hedylidae into a single genus Macrosoma.
Q: Where are all the species of Hedylidae found?
A: All the species of Hedylidae are entirely neotropical species from central and southern America and the Caribbean.
Q: What kind of research is going on about Hedylidae?
A: DNA sequence analysis of Hedylidae is currently ongoing.
