Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Incurvariidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species P. gigas | |
Prophalonia is an extinct genus of moths in the Incurvariidae family. It was described by Rebel in 1936, and contained the species P. acutitarsella and P. gigas. P. acutitarsellus was later transferred to Adelites.
Taxonomy
Prophalonia was established in the Tortricidae and later transferred to the Tineoidea. It was included in the Incurvariidae by F. M. Carpenter in 1992.
References
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