Anthelidae

Anthelidae
	Chelepteryx collesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Bombycoidea
Family:	Anthelidae
Subfamilies & Genera
	Anthelinae Anthela; Chelepteryx; Chenuala; Nataxa; Omphaliodes; Pterolocera; ; Munychryiinae Munychryia; ; Subfamily uncertain Corticomis; Pseudodreata; ;

Anthelidae is a family of Australian lappet moths in the Lepidoptera order. It had been included in the Lasiocampoidea superfamily, but a recent study resulted in reincluding the family in the superfamily Bombycoidea.

Diversity

The subfamily Anthelinae consists of 7 genera and about 91 species, while the subfamily Munychryiinae comprises 2 genera and 3 species.

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