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Ryans Peer Review
The article is well balanced, and I think the section order is appropriate. Based on the citations, it looks like you have done a lot of work within this superfamily! Overall, it is a really well written page. Regarding your Systematics and Evolution section, the naming of clades is formatted differently than what I could find in other Lepidoptera articles- your font size and style of the authority and genera differ, additionally I did not see other articles that identified a type genera for each clades. It might be good to check the guidelines for insect pages on wikipedia to see how they want clades described (this might be found here). Do any of the listed genera have existing wikipedia pages? If so, you should add links to the clades pages. If not, maybe it would be beneficial to add additional information within your page about the genera? One thing you could do to improve the article is to elaborate on how this superfamily is related to other families of Lepidoptera, and link to the related families. According to the Taxonomy of Lepidoptera page, it belongs in the Clade Obtectomera, is this correct? Looking through other Lepidoptera articles, this group is barely mentioned, therefore it would be helpful to indicate within this article how this family relates to others.

Response
Thanks! I enjoyed writing this article since this is a group of insects that I have been heavily involved with for quite some time now. I have since cleaned up the article as per your suggestions, and I incorporated a "TaxoBox".

The systematics section has been reorganized such that a new header is not given for each named clade, as this was a bit overkill, this caused the page (and table of contents) to be way too long. I also removed authorships of clade names and simply bolded text for subfamilies (including one subheader for "Subfamilies" within the broader Systematics section) to keep things organized. I kept the author names for genera as I have seen this on some pages (unlike author names for subfamilies/tribes which I could not find on other pages), but perhaps these can also be removed too. I will leave it as is for now.

I linked all the genera out to (not yet available) links, and live links for a few that actually have pages. At least now it is clear that these other genera should have links.

As for elaborating on the relationships of Mimallonidae to other Lepidoptera, I have addressed this a bit more now. I had mentioned before that Mimallonidae is sister to Macroheterocera, which is a really big, diverse clade. So, actually Mimallonidae do not have any one close relative family or even superfamily, Mimallonidae are equally related (share a most recent common ancestor) with the diverse, "unranked" clade Macroheterocera! But now, I made this a bit more explicit. I also added some information about Obtectomera/Ditrysia which is the broader clade to which Mimallonidae + Macroheterocera, and some other groups, belong. Thanks again! Rstlaurent (talk) 15:44, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Oh, I also removed the type genera from subfamilies/tribes as this was unnecessary -- I think it was a bit outside the scope of a Wikipedia page. Rstlaurent (talk) 15:45, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Comments from Emily
'''[Please make sure that you include some text at the top in the typical wikipedia introductory sentences. Also, the taxonomy box on the existing page looks a bit nicer than the one you have here, so please use the original page's taxobox.'''

--Response from Ryan: I incorporated all of your comments/ corrections. Regarding the first part, the wikipedia introductory sentences, I realize now that much of what I had written before was redundant with what I wrote in the Systematics section, so I just moved some of the text from the first part of the page to that section and deleted redundant text. Now the introductory sentences are a brief overview of the moth family. I did keep the text reading "...externally similar to those belonging to the some of the Macroheterocera families Bombycoidea and Drepanoidea, and thus have been variously treated as belonging to either one of these or other superfamilies." since this succinctly describes what these moths look like and why they have been variously associated with other moth families in the past (I thought that was reasonably introductory). Thanks! Rstlaurent (talk) 22:00, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

--More from Ryan: By the way, I maintained the original taxobox on the live Wikipedia page, I could not get it to work in my sandbox, so please see the main Mimallonidae page for the correct taxobox. Rstlaurent (talk) 13:36, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

= Mimallonidae = Mimallonidae Burmeister (mimallonids), sometimes known as "sack-bearer" moths for the larval case-building behavior, are a family of Lepidoptera containing 291 named species in 41 genera. These moths are found only in the New World, with most taxa being found in the Neotropics.

'''[The sentences above would work for the top of the page, but make sure you use headings appropriately to break this into two sections. The next paragraph could go under a new heading called "Taxonomy".]'''

Adult moths are externally similar to those belonging to the some of the Bombycoidea and Drepanoidea families, and thus have been variously treated as belonging to either one of these or other superfamilies. The current consensus, especially in works based on phylogenetic results, consider Mimallonidae to be the sole family of Mimallonoidea. Several morphological and behavioral aspects of the larvae are unique to Mimallonidae, and are not shared by Macroheterocera. These reasons, coupled with recent phylogenetic results, support the placement of Mimallonidae as the clade sister to all other Macroheterocera. This phylogenetic placement means that mimallonid moths are not more closely related to any one family of Lepidoptera, but are equally related (share a common ancestor with) all members of the extremely diverse clade Macroheterocera.

Distribution
Mimallonids are restricted to the New World, and are distributed in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean (specifically Cuba and The Bahamas). The vast majority of genera and species are found in the tropical regions of the New World, with only four described species from the United States.

Biology
Not much has been published on the natural history of adult Mimallonidae, though most species are thought to be nocturnal. At least two species have diurnal males. Young caterpillars live inside of folded leaves or beneath silken networks, and build portable or semi-portable cases out of silk, frass, and plant material as they grow. The cases are open on either end and vary from irregular in structure to spindle-shaped. The openings of the cases can be blocked by the head and/or the flattened anal plate of the last segment of the body. The sack-like case-making behavior of the caterpillars have earned them the common name "sack-bearers".

Mimallonidae larvae feed on several families of plants, including (but not limited to): Anacardiaceae, Clusiaceae, Combretaceae, Fagaceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae and Rubiaceae. Research at the Area de Conservación, Guanacaste, Costa Rica has resulted in the rearing of many species of Mimallonidae, including some from several additional families of plants.

Systematics and evolution
Phylogenetic studies of Mimallonidae and outgroups have supported the treatment of Mimallonidae being the only family in superfamily Mimallonoidea. Other phylogenetic studies of all major Lepidoptera lineages support the placement of Mimallonidae as sister to all Macroheterocera, but within the clade Obtectomera. Morphological features, particularly of the larvae, support the uniqueness of this family and distinctness from Macroheterocera.

The systematic relationships with Mimallonidae have been subject to two revisions, resulting in two different classification schemes. William Schaus revised the family and named most of the genera, he then separated the genera into two subfamilies: Lacosominae and Mimalloninae. These subfamilies were based on the presence (Lacosominae) or the absence (Mimalloninae) of the frenulum. It was later realized that this character varies within genera, and thus was deemed a sympleisiomorphy. Using molecular phylogenetics, specifically with the technique of anchored hybrid enrichment [this also has a wiki page you could link to, I think], the family was reorganized based on the recognition and naming of robustly supported clades, which were further strengthened with morphological apomorphies. The clades which were robustly supported across all analyses were assigned subfamily status, resulting in recognition of six subfamilies in Mimallonidae. Using both molecular and morphological phylogenetics, all 41 genera (including some newly described ones) were assigned to the named clades. The 291 species of the family, too, have been formally classified according to their phylogenetic arrangement.

Subfamilies
[This section could be formatted more nicely, for example by using bullet points to set off the different levels of groups from one another (in other words, the clades should be one set of bullet points, with the genera another indent of bullet points, and with each genus on its own line).]

Below are the named clades of Mimallonidae, with their constituent genera assigned to their subfamily and tribe (wherever applicable).

Zaphantinae

Zaphanta Dyar, 1910

Aurorianinae

Auroriana St Laurent and C. Mielke, 2016

Mimalloninae

Eadmuna Schaus, 1928, Macessoga Schaus, 1928, Mimallo Hübner, 1820, Tostallo St Laurent and C. Mielke, 2016

Lacosominae

Alheitini: Adalgisa Schaus, 1928, Alheita Schaus, 1928, Arianula Herbin, 2012, Fatellalla St Laurent and Kawahara, 2019, Herbinalla St Laurent and Kawahara, 2018, Tarema Schaus, 1896, Thaelia Herbin, 2016

Lacosomini: Citralla St Laurent and Kawahara, 2019, Lacosoma Grote, 1864, Vanenga Schaus, 1928

Trogopterini: Reinmara Schaus, 1928, Trogoptera Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]

Druenticinae

Druenticini: Druentica Strand, 1932, Lepismalla St Laurent and Kawahara, 2019, Micrallo St Laurent and C. Mielke, 2016, Pamea Walker, 1855, Procinnus Herbin, 2016, Ulaluma St Laurent and Kawahara, 2018

Luramini: Lurama Schaus, 1928, Ulmara Schaus, 1928

Cicinninae

Bedosiini: Bedosia Schaus, 1928, Bedosiallo St Laurent and Kawahara, 2018

Cicinnini: Aceclostria Vuillot, 1893, Aleyda Schaus, 1928, Arcinnus Herbin, 2016, Cicinnus Blanchard, 1852, Euphaneta Schaus, 1928, Isoscella St Laurent and Carvalho, 2017, Roelmana Schaus, 1928

Psychocampini: Biterolfa Schaus, 1928, Psychocampa Grote and Robinson, 1867

Incertae sedis

Cunicumara St Laurent, 2016, Menevia Schaus, 1928, Roelofa Schaus, 1928, Tolypida Schaus, 1928

Importance to humans
Mimallonidae have been reported as pests of some economically significant crops. In Surinam, Mimallo amilia has been noted as a pest of guava (Psidium gaujava). In Brazil, M. amilia is a known pest of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus urophylla) and Psychocampa callipius a pest of cashew (Anacardium occidentale).

In addition to some Mimallonidae species being regarded as pests, others have been considered as potential biological controls of invasive plants. Species belonging to the genus Druentica have been considered as potential control agents of Miconia calvescens (where it is invasive throughout the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii and Australia) and Clidemia hirta in Hawaii. Aceclostria mus has been evaluated as a potential control agent of the Brazilian pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius) in the United States.