Palaephatidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Palaephatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Etimonotrysia Superfamilia: Palaephatoidea

Familia: Palaephatidae
Genera (7): Apophatus – Azaleodes – Metaphatus – Palaephatus – Plesiophatus – Ptyssoptera – Sesommata

Name

Palaephatidae Davis, 1986.

Type genus: Palaephatus Butler, 1883.

References

• Davis, D.R. 1986: A new family of monotrysian moths from austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a phylogenetic review of the Monotrysia. Smithsonian contributions to zoology 434: 1–202.
• Nielsen, E.S. 1987: The recently discovered primitive (non-ditrysian) family Palaephatidae (Lepidoptera) in Australia. Invertebrate taxonomy, 1 (2): 201–229. DOI: 10.1071/IT9870201
• Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[1]

Vernacular names

中文: 始蛾科

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