Prodidactis

Taxobox
name = "Prodidactis mystica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
superordo = Amphiesmenoptera
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Glossata
infraordo = Heteroneura
group = Apoditrysia
familia = Prodidactidae
genus = "Prodidactis"
species = "P. mystica"
binomial = "Prodidactis mystica"
binomial_authority = Meyrick, 1921

"Prodidactis mystica" Meyrick, 1921 is an enigmatic Pyraloidea-like moth from southern Africa which has been placed in its own family, Prodidactidae and which belongs in the Lepidopteran group Apoditrysia [http://www.tolweb.org/Apoditrysia] . Its closest relative amongst this large group of Lepidoptera is not known. The larval foodplant is "Nuxia congesta" (Loganiaceae) (Butterfly-bush Family) (Epstein and Brown, 2003).

References

*Epstein, M.E. and Brown, J.W. (2003). Early stages of the enigmatic "Prodidactis mystica" (Meyrick) with comments on its new family assignment (Lepidoptera: Prodidactidae). "Zootaxa", 247: 1-16. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00247f.pdf pdf]

External links

* [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=76220.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dProdidactis%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dProdidactis%26recLimit%3d30 Lepindex]