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Eupterotidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Family

Superfamily
  
Bombycoidea

Higher classification
  
Bombycoidea

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Eupterotidae Eupterotid Moth EupteroteSphingognatha sp Eupterotidae Flickr

Lower classifications
  
Eupterote, Phiala

Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order with more than 300 described species.

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Diversity

Eupterotidae Other macro moths

The family consists of four subfamilies and the unplaced Ganissa group. The subfamily Eupterotinae consists of about 11 genera, the Ganissa group about 10 genera, the subfamily Janinae about 16 genera, the subfamily Panacelinae consists of one genus and 3 species and the subfamily Striphnopteryginae of 15 genera.

Genera

Eupterotidae FileEupterote sp 1 Eupterotidaejpg Wikimedia Commons

  • Subfamily Eupterotinae
  • Tribe Cotanini Forbes, 1955
  • Cotana
  • Melanergon
  • Tribe Eupterotini
  • Apha
  • Apona
  • Cyrtojana
  • Dreata
  • Eupterote
  • Ganisa
  • Janomima
  • Lasiomorpha
  • Lichenopteryx
  • Marmaroplegma
  • Melanothrix
  • Neopreptos
  • Nisaga
  • Palirisa
  • Pandala
  • Parajana
  • Phyllalia
  • Poloma
  • Preptos
  • Preptothauma
  • Pseudoganisa
  • Pseudojana
  • Teratojana
  • Trichophiala
  • Unplaced to tribe
  • Bantuana
  • Paraphyllalia
  • Phiala
  • Schistissa
  • Subfamily Hibrildinae Berger, 1958
  • Hibrildes
  • Subfamily Janinae Aurivillius, 1892
  • Acrojana
  • Camerunia
  • Catajana
  • Drepanojana
  • Epijana
  • Gonojana
  • Gracilanja
  • Hemijana
  • Hoplojana
  • Jana
  • Malagasanja
  • Pterocerota
  • Rhodopteriana
  • Stenoglene
  • Striginiana
  • Tantaliana
  • Urojana
  • Subfamily Panacelinae Forbes, 1955
  • Panacela
  • Subfamily Striphnopteryginae Wallengren, 1858
  • Ebbepterote Oberprieler, Nässig & E.D. Edwards, 2003
  • Striphnopteryx
  • Subfamily Tissanginae Forbes, 1955
  • Tissanga
  • Unassigned
  • Calapterote
  • Papuapterote
  • Paramarane
  • Rarisquamosa

    • Former genera

  • Euchera
  • Gastridiota
  • Hypercydas
  • Leptojana
  • Messata
  • Murlida
  • Nervicompressa
  • Pachyjana
  • Paracydas
  • Pugniphalera (=Neodrymonia Matsumura, 1920)
  • Sangatissa
  • Sarmalia
  • Sarvena
  • Spalyria
  • Sesquiluna
  • Sphingognatha
  • Tagora
  • Thermojana Yang, 1995 (=Gangaridopsis Grunberg, 1912)
  • Vianga (=Viana)

    • Eupterotidae Flickriver John Horstman itchydogimages SINOBUG39s photos tagged

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    References

    Eupterotidae Wikipedia
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