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Castniidae
Sign in to saveCastniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with fewer than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They have clubbed antennae and are day flying, and are often mistaken for butterflies. Indeed, some previous classification systems placed this family within the butterflies or skippers. The Neotropical species are commonly known as giant butterfly-moths, the Australian and Asian species as sun moths. The
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyCastniidae
Telchin licus Xanthocastnia evalthe Семейство подразделяют на следующие подсемейства и роды: Castniinae Amauta Athis Castnia Castniomera Ceretes Corybantes Divana Duboisvalia Elina Enicospila Erythrocastnia Eupalamides Feschaeria Frostetola Gazera Haemonides Hista Imara Ircila Lapaeumides Mirocastnia Nasca Neocastnia Paysandisia Prometheus Spilopastes Synemon Synpalamides Tosxampila Xanthocastnia Yagra Ypanema Zegara Tascininae Tascina
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Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with fewer than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They have clubbed antennae and are day flying, and are often mistaken for butterflies. Indeed, some previous classification systems placed this family within the butterflies or skippers. The Neotropical species are commonly known as giant butterfly-moths, the Australian and Asian species as sun moths. The larvae are internal feeders, often on roots of epiphytes or on monocotyledons.
==Taxonomy== Subfamily Castniinae Tribe Castniini Amauta Athis Castnia Castniomera Corybantes Eupalamides Feschaeria Geyeria Haemonides Hista Imara Insigniocastnia Ircila Lapaeumides Spilopastes Synpalamides Telchin Xanthocastnia Yagra Tribe Gazerini Castnius Ceretes Divana Duboisvalia Frostetola Gazera Mirocastnia Oiticicastnia Paysandisia Prometheus Riechia Tosxampila Zegara Tribe Synemonini Synemon Subfamily Tascininae Tascina Subfamily incertae sedis †Dominickus