- Tepilia
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Tepilia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Phiditiidae Genus: Tepilia
Walker, 1855Type species Tepilia biluna
Walker, 1855[1]Synonyms - Coryphyala Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
- Phecada Walker, 1956
Tepilia is a genus of moths of the Phiditiidae family.
Taxonomy
The genus was originally established Drepanidae, but was later placed in the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927 and the Apatelodidae by Minet in 1986. Lemaire and Minet placed in the subfamily Phiditiinae in 1999.[2] This subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.[3]
Selected pecies
- Tepilia biluna Walker, 1855
- Tepilia dodala Schaus, 1927
- Tepilia fastidiosa (Dognin, 1901)
References
- ^ "Tepilia at funet". Nic.funet.fi. 2011-05-13. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/bombycidae/tepilia/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "Butterflies and Moths of the World". Nhm.ac.uk. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=28666.0. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Onlinelibrary.wiley.com. 2010-09-30. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x/full. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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