Eupterotidae
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| Eupterotidae | |
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| Panacela lewinae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
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Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order with more than 300 described species.[1]
[edit] Diversity
The family consists of four subfamilies and the unplaced Ganissa group. The subfamily Eupterotinae consists of about 11 genera, the Ganissa group about 10 genera, the subfamily Janinae about 16 genera, the subfamily Panacelinae consists of one genus and 3 species and the subfamily Striphnopteryginae of 15 genera.
[edit] General
- Acrojana
- Apha
- Apona
- Bantuana
- Brachytera
- Calapterote
- Camerunia
- Catajana
- Cotana
- Cyrtojana
- Dreata
- Drepanojana
- Epicydas
- Epijana
- Euchera
- Eupterote
- Ganisa
- Gastridiota
- Gonojana
- Hemijana
- Heringijana
- Heteromorpha
- Hibrildes
- Hoplojana
- Horanpella
- Hypercydas
- Jana
- Janomima
- Lasiomorpha
- Leptojana
- Lewinibombyx
- Lichenopteryx
- Mallarctus
- Marmaroplegma
- Melanergon
- Melanothrix
- Messata
- Murlida
- Neopreptos
- Nervicompressa
- Nisaga
- Pachyclea
- Pachyjana
- Palirisa
- Panacela
- Pandala
- Paracydas
- Parajana
- Paramarane
- Paraphyllalia
- Phasicnecus
- Phiala
- Phyllalia
- Poloma
- Preptos
- Preptothauma
- Pseudoganisa
- Pseudojana
- Pterocerota
- Pugniphalera
- Rarisquamosa
- Rhabdosia
- Sangatissa
- Sarmalia
- Sarvena
- Schistissa
- Semuta
- Sesquiluna
- Spalyria
- Sphingognatha
- Stenoglene
- Stibolepis
- Striphnopteryx
- Tagora
- Teratojana
- Tissanga
- Trichophiala
- Urojana
- Vianga
[edit] References
- ^ van Nieukerken et al. (2011). "Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa 3148: 212-221. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p221.pdf.
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