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Pseudobiston

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Pseudobiston
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pseudobistonidae
Subfamily: Pseudobistoninae
Minet, Rajaei & Stüning, 2015
Genus: Pseudobiston
Inoue, 1994
Species:
P. pinratanai
Binomial name
Pseudobiston pinratanai
Inoue, 1994

Pseudobiston is a genus of moths in the family Pseudobistonidae. It contains only one species, Pseudobiston pinratanai, which is found in North Thailand and North Vietnam.

It was originally assigned to the family Geometridae, but in 2015 it was moved to its own, separate family: Pseudobistonidae.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Rajaei, Hossein; Greve, Carola; Letsch, Harald; Stüning, Dieter; Wahlberg, Niklas; Minet, Joël; Misof, Bernhard (2015). "Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata)". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (4): 418–436. doi:10.1111/zsc.12108. S2CID 84153029.