Prophalonia
Appearance
Prophalonia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Incurvariidae |
Genus: | †Prophalonia Rebel, 1936 |
Species: | †gigas
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Binomial name | |
†gigas Rebel, 1936
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Prophalonia is an extinct genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Rebel in 1936, and contained the species P. acutitarsella and P. gigas.[1] P. acutitarsellus was later transferred to Adelites.
Taxonomy
[edit]Prophalonia was established in the Tortricidae and later transferred to the Tineoidea.[2] It was included in the Incurvariidae by F. M. Carpenter in 1992.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prophalonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
- ^ Paleobiology Database Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today