Heracula Explained

Heracula is a genus of moths in the family Pseudobistonidae. It contains only one species, Heracula discivitta, which is found in India (Sikkim)^[1] and Nepal.^[2]

It used to be classified in the subfamily Lymantriinae of the family Erebidae until 2019, when it was moved to the recently created family Pseudobistonidae, in a newly created subfamily called Heraculinae.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/lymantriinae/heracula/ Heracula at funet
2. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Haruta%20Collection/76_Lymantriidae/06_Heracula/Heracula%20discivitta/Heracula%20discivitta.htm Haruta Collection
3. 10.1111/syen.12326 . Molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies on the systematic position of Heracula discivitta reveal a new subfamily of Pseudobistonidae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea) . Systematic Entomology . 44 . 1 . 211–225 . 2019 . Wang . Houshuai . Holloway . Jeremy D. . Wahlberg . Niklas . Wang . Min . Nylin . Sören . free .