Janinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Eupterotidae
Subfamilia: Janinae
Genera: Acrojana – Artemisana – Atopojana – Camerunia – Cryptojana – Drepanojana – Epijana – Gonojana – Gracilanja – Hecateana – Hemijana – Hoplojana – Jana – Lokiana – Malagasanja – Microjana – Neojana – Nepenthojana – Parajana – Pseudojana – Pterocerota – Rhodopteriana – Smithiana – Stenoglene – Streptojana – Striginiana – Tantaliana – Tissanga – Tibetanja – Urojana – Vianga

Name

Janinae Aurivillius, 1892

Type genus: Jana Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Stem: Jan-

Synonyms

Janidae Aurivillius, 1892: 195
Janini Aurivillius, 1892 (As tribe in some later usage)
Janinae Aurivillius, 1892 [? Gray, 1847]; Nässig & Oberprieler 2008: 71 (etc).

References

Primary references

Aurivillius, C. 1892. Verzeichniss einer vom Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabun und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-Sammlung, II. Entomologisk Tidskrift 13: 181–200. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bouyer, T. 2011. Démembrement et réorganisation des genres africains Jana Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 et Hoplojana Aurivillius, 1901 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae). Lambillionea 111(3) (Tome 1): 211–218. ResearchGate Reference page.
Bouyer, T. 2012b. Description de nouveaux Eupterotidae africains (Lepidoptera). Entomologia Africana 17(2): 2–14. Reference page.
Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Dexter, K.M., Kitching, I.J., Breinholt, J.W., Zwick, A., Timmermans, M.J.T.N., Barber, J.R. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2019. Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19: 182. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1505-1 . Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2008. An annotated catalogue of the genera of Eupterotidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88(1): 53–80. ResearchGate Reference page.
Naumann, S., Nässig, W.A. & Rougerie, R. 2020. Tibetanja tagoroides gen. et sp. n., a new genus and species from Tibet (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 41(3-4): 147-153. Reference page.
Takano, H. 2024. Revisional notes on the monkey moth genus Vianga Fletcher, 1982 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae, Janinae) with the description of two new species. Saturnafrica 34: 44–55. Reference page.
Takano, H. 2026. Revisional notes on the monkey-moth genus Stenoglene Felder & Felder, 1874 and its allies, with descriptions of several new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea: Eupterotidae: Janinae). Ecologica Montenegrina 94: 1-75. DOI: 10.37828/em.2026.94.1. . Reference page.

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