Endromidae 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
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s consisting of 16 genera with 72 species. This
relictual family is related to the families
Carthaeidae,
Anthelidae, and
Phiditiidae as part of the bombycine group "CAPOPEM".
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Endromidae:
*Subfamily Endrominae
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Endromis''
Ochsenheimer, 1810
*Subfamily Mirininae
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Mirina''
Staudinger, 1892
*Subfamily Oberthueriinae
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Andraca''
Walker, 1865
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Comparmustilia''
Wang, X. & Zolotuhin, 2015
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Dalailama''
Staudinger, 1896
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Falcogona''
Zolotuhin, 2007
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Mustilia''
Walker, 1865
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Mustilizans''
J.K. Yang, 1995
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Oberthueria''
Kirby, 1892
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Promustilia''
Zolotuhin, 2007
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Pseudandraca''
Miyata, 1970
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Smerkata''
Zolotuhin, 2007
*Subfamily Prismostictinae
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Prismosticta''
Butler, 1880
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Prismostictoides''
Zolotuhin & T.T. Du, 2011
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Sesquiluna
''Sesquiluna'' is a genus of moths of the Endromidae family.
Species
*''Sesquiluna albilunata'' (Hampson, 1910)
*''Sesquiluna forbesi'' Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009
*''Sesquiluna theophoboides'' Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009
References
* , 2009: The Bo ...
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Forbes, 1955
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Theophoba''
Fletcher & Nye, 1982
References
External links
Description and picturesIncreased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)
Moth families
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