Anthelidae
Chelepteryx collesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: Anthelidae
Turner 1904

Anthelidae is a family of Australian lappet moths in the order Lepidoptera. It had earlier been considered to be part of the Lasiocampoidea superfamily, but a 2008 molecular phylogenetic study, supported by a 2011 study, resulted in reincluding the Anthelidae in the superfamily Bombycoidea.[1][2]

Diversity

The subfamily Anthelinae consists of a total of nine genera and ninety-four species.[3] Of these, seven genera and about ninety-one species, while the subfamily Munychryiinae comprises two genera and three species:[3]

References

  1. ^ Zwick, Andreas (January 2008). "Molecular phylogeny of Anthelidae and other bombycoid taxa (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 33 (1): 190–209. Bibcode:2008SysEn..33..190Z. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00410.x. hdl:1885/54260. S2CID 84568497.
  2. ^ Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (September 30, 2010). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x. S2CID 86331826.
  3. ^ a b "Global Bombycoidea checklist". doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236.suppl1. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help) in Kitching, Ian J; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris A; St Laurent, Ryan A; Naumann, Stefan; Ballesteros Mejia, Liliana; Kawahara, Akito Y (12 February 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 (6): e22236. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. PMC 5904559. PMID 29674935.

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