Endromidae Explained

Endromidae is a family of moths consisting of 16 genera with 72 species.^[1] This relictual family is related to the families Carthaeidae, Anthelidae, and Phiditiidae as part of the bombycine group “CAPOPEM”.^[2]

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Endromidae:^[3]

• Subfamily Endrominae
  • Endromis Ochsenheimer, 1810
• Subfamily Mirininae
  • Mirina Staudinger, 1892
• Subfamily Oberthueriinae
  • Andraca Walker, 1865
  • Comparmustilia Wang, X. & Zolotuhin, 2015
  • Dalailama Staudinger, 1896
  • Falcogona Zolotuhin, 2007
  • Mustilia Walker, 1865
  • Mustilizans J.K. Yang, 1995
  • Oberthueria Kirby, 1892
  • Promustilia Zolotuhin, 2007
  • Pseudandraca Miyata, 1970
  • Smerkata Zolotuhin, 2007
• Subfamily Prismostictinae
  • Prismosticta Butler, 1880
  • Prismostictoides Zolotuhin & T.T. Du, 2011
  • Sesquiluna Forbes, 1955
  • Theophoba Fletcher & Nye, 1982

External links

• Description and pictures
• Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)

Notes and References

1. Kitching . Ian . Rougerie . Rodolphe . Zwick . Andreas . Hamilton . Chris . Laurent . Ryan St . Naumann . Stefan . Mejia . Liliana Ballesteros . Kawahara . Akito . 2018-02-12 . A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) . Biodiversity Data Journal . en . 6 . e22236 . 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236 . free . 1314-2828. 10141/622329 . free .
2. Regier . Jerome C. . Cook . Christopher P. . Mitter . Charles . Hussey . April . 2008-01-14 . A phylogenetic study of the 'bombycoid complex' (Lepidoptera) using five protein-coding nuclear genes, with comments on the problem of macrolepidopteran phylogeny . Systematic Entomology . en . 33 . 1 . 175–189 . 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00409.x . 2008SysEn..33..175R . 0307-6970.
3. Deng . Min . Zwick . Andreas . Chen . Qi . Liao . Cheng-Qing . Wang . Wei . Wang . Xing . Huang . Guo-Hua . 2023-04-20 . Phylogeny and classification of Endromidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) based on mitochondrial genomes . Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny . en . 81 . 395–408 . 10.3897/asp.81.e90721 . free . 1864-8312.