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Phiditia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Phiditiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Phiditia is a genus of moths of the Phiditiidae family.

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Taxonomy

The genus was treated in the Lymantriidae by Watson, Fletcher and Nye in 1980. It was later transferred to the Apatelodidae by Minet in 1986. Minet designated it as the type-genus for the new subfamily Phiditiinae, which was elevated to family level in 2011.

Selected species

  • Phiditia cuprea (Kaye, 1901)
  • Phiditia diores (Cramer, 1775)
  • Phiditia lucernaria (Walker, 1866)
  • Phiditia scriptigera (Dognin, 1916)

    • References

    Phiditia Wikipedia
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