Eupterotidae







































Eupterotidae

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Panacela lewinae

Scientific classification
Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Arthropoda

Class:

Insecta

Order:

Lepidoptera

Superfamily:

Bombycoidea

Family:

Eupterotidae


Swinhoe, 1892


Genera

See text.



Synonyms


  • Striphnopterygidae Wallengren, 1858

  • Phialidae Wallengren, 1865

  • Janidae Aurivillius, 1892

  • Hibrildidae Berger, 1958

  • Cotaninae Forbes, 1955

  • Tissangini Forbes, 1955



Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species.[1]




Eupterotidae larva in Kerala




Contents






  • 1 Diversity


  • 2 Genera


  • 3 Former genera


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Diversity


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



  • 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)



References





  1. ^ van Nieukerken; et al. (2011). "Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 212–221..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}













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    Bouyer, Th., 2012: Description de nouveaux Eupterotidae africains (Lepidoptera). Entomologia Africana 17 (2): 2-14.



  • Forbes, W.T.M., 1955: The subdivision of the Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 98 (2): 85-132.



  • Nässig, W.A. & Oberprieler, R.G., 2008: An annotated catalogue of the genera of Eupterotidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88 (1): 53-80.



  • Nässig, W.A., & Schulze, C.H., 2007: A second species with diurnal males of the genus Eupterote from Indonesia: Eupterote (Eupterote) splendens sp. n. from Sulawesi (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Eupterotidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 87 (2): 189-194.



  • Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[1]



  • Oberprieler, R.G.;
    Nässig, W.A.;
    Edwards, E.D. 2003: Ebbepterote, a new genus for the Australian 'Eupterote' expansa (T. P. Lucas), with a revised classification of the family Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera). Invertebrate systematics, 17: 99-110. doi:10.1071/IS02028



External links


  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database











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