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Simaethistoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Rank
  
Superfamily

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Similar
  
Mnesarchaea, Neopseustidae, Acanthopteroctetidae

Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of pyralid-like moths with two genera, whose biology and relationships among the Ditrysia [1] is currently unknown, namely the Australian Metaprotus (2 species)[2] and the China and North Indian Simaethistis (2 species) (Dugdale et al., 1999).

Genera and species

  • Metaprotus Hampson, 1899
  • Metaprotus asuridia (Butler, 1886) (Australia)
  • Metaprotus magnifica (Meyrick, 1887) (Australia)
  • Simaethistis Hampson, 1896
  • Simaethistis leechi South, 1901 (China)
  • Simaethistis tricolor Butler, 1889 (India)
  • References

    Simaethistoidea Wikipedia