Anthelidae Explained

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]

• Subfamily Anthelinae:
  • Anthela
  • Chelepteryx
  • Chenuala
  • Corticomis
  • Nataxa
  • Omphaliodes
  • Pterolocera
• Subfamily Munychryiinae:
  • Munychryia
  • Gephyroneura

External links

• Anthelidae
• Anthelidae
• Anthelidae

Notes and References

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