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Tepilia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Phiditiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

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Tepilia is a genus of moths of the Phiditiidae family.

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Taxonomy

The genus was originally established Drepanidae, but was later placed in the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927 and the Apatelodidae by Minet in 1986. Lemaire and Minet placed in the subfamily Phiditiinae in 1999. This subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.

Selected species

  • Tepilia biluna Walker, 1855
  • Tepilia dodala Schaus, 1927
  • Tepilia fastidiosa (Dognin, 1901)

    • References

    Tepilia Wikipedia
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