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Roeslerstammiidae is a
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...
s in the order
Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...
. The family arose from the taxonomic uncertainty of the genus '' Roeslerstammia'' Zeller, 1839, which was assigned to different families. The genus ''Roeslerstammia'' was removed from the
Yponomeutidae : ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."'' An ermine moth is any moth in the family Yponomeutidae, which has s ...
Stephens, 1829, and placed in the Amphitheridae Meyrick, 1913, which in consequence became a junior synonym of Roeslerstammiidae. Consequently, Roeslerstammiidae comprises the Palearctic genus ''Roeslerstammia'', as well as the Oriental and Australasian genera that form part of the Amphitheridae.


Genera

*'' Agriothera'' *'' Amphithera'' *'' Chalcoteuches'' *'' Cuphomorpha'' *'' Dasycarea'' *'' Dinocrana'' *'' Enchoptila'' *'' Harpedonistis'' *'' Hestiaula'' *'' Macarangela'' *'' Roeslerstammia'' *'' Sphenograptis'' *'' Thalassonympha'' *'' Thereutis'' *'' Vanicela''


References

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