Whalleyana Explained

Whalleyana is an enigmatic genus of moths in the lepidopteran group Obtectomera,^[1] endemic to Madagascar. The genus contains two species, whose biology are unknown. The genus had been placed in the picture-winged leaf moths, (Thyrididae), but then was placed in its own family (Minet, 1991), and later elevated to its own superfamily (Dugdale et al., 1999: 229-230); see also Fänger (2004). The genus was named after Paul E. S. Whalley, a British entomologist.^[2] Genomic studies have found them to be most closely related to Callidulidae, and it is suggested that they should be placed in Calliduloidea.^[3]

References

Dugdale, J.S., Kristensen, N.P., Robinson, G.S. and Scoble, M.J. (1999). The non-Glossatan Moths. Ch. 13, pp. 217–233 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
Fänger, H.. 2004. Comparative morphology of tergal phragmata occurring in the dorsal thoraco-abdominal junction of ditrysian Lepidoptera (Insecta). Zoomorphology, 119 (3): 163-183.pdf
Minet, J. (1991). Tentative reconstruction of the ditrysian phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Glossata). Entomologica Scandinavica, 22: 69-95.

Sources

Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole,, 2002

External links

Notes and References

http://www.tolweb.org/Obtectomera Obtectomera
Book: John L.. Capinera. Heppner . John B. . August 2008 . Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 4. 2nd . Springer Science & Business Media. 2889.
Twort. Victoria G.. Minet. Joël. Wheat. Christopher W.. Wahlberg. Niklas. 2021. Museomics of a rare taxon: placing Whalleyanidae in the Lepidoptera Tree of Life. Systematic Entomology. en. 46. 4. 926–937. 10.1111/syen.12503. 10138/334567 . 237486697 . 1365-3113. free.