Major Families of Adult Entomophagous Lepidoptera:

 

227a (10a, 38a, 48a & 80a).    Antennae simple or modified, but usually not swollen apically;

hind wing with frenulum (= bristle or group of bristles arising at humeral angle);

ocelli often present .................................................................(Lepidoptera)  (Heterocera)…......... 228

 

 

227b.    Antennae knobbed at tip; hind wing without a frenulum; ocelli absent (Figs.A-D)

             …………………………………………….................…….…(Lepidoptera)  (Rhopalocera)  Lycaenidae

 

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