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Anthelidae
Sign in to saveAnthelidae 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.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyAnthelidae
Латинское название Anthelidae Turner, 1904 Систематикана Викивидах Изображенияна Викискладе NCBI 119272 Anthelidae (лат.) — семейство чешуекрылых, эндемичное для Австралии и Новой Гвинеи. Относительно крупные бабочки с размахом крыльев до 70 мм. Окраска преимущественно бурая, жёлтая, песчаная, кремовая. Гусеницы большие, толстые, покрыты густыми волосками, которые собраны в пучки. Активны днём. Систематика Подсемейство Anthelinae Anthela Chelepteryx Chenuala Nataxa Omphaliodes Pterolocera Подсемейство Munychryiinae Munychryia неопределённые подсемейства Corticomis Pseudodreata Ссылки Anthelid Moths — Family Anthelidae (англ.)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- Family
- Anthelidae
- Collections
- NMV, DMNS, TMAG, AM, QVMAG, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Unknown Or Invalid
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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.
==Diversity== The subfamily Anthelinae consists of a total of nine genera and ninety-four species. Of these, seven genera and about ninety-one species, while the subfamily Munychryiinae comprises two genera and three species: Subfamily Anthelinae: Anthela Chelepteryx Chenuala Corticomis Nataxa Omphaliodes Pterolocera Subfamily Munychryiinae: Munychryia Gephyroneura
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