Endromidae is a

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moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s. It was long considered to be a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

family, containing just one species, the Kentish glory, ''

Endromis versicolora ''Endromis'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Endromidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1810. Its only species, ''Endromis versicolora'', the Kentish glory, was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Natura ...

'', found throughout the

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

regio

The family now consists of several genera and about 30 species, all former members of the family

Bombycidae The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is '' Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is '' Bombyx mandarina'', also native to Asia. Taxonomy ...

Genera

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Andraca ''Andraca'' is a genus of moths of the family Endromidae. The genus had been placed in the family Bombycidae for over 150 years, but was recently transferred to family Endromidae Endromidae is a family of moths. It was long considered to be a ...

'' Walker, 1865 *'' Dalailama'' Staudinger, 1896 *''

Endromis ''Endromis'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Endromidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1810. Its only species, ''Endromis versicolora'', the Kentish glory, was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Nat ...

'' Ochsenheimer, 1810 *''

Falcogona ''Falcogona'' is a genus of moths of the family Endromidae. It contains only one species, ''Falcogona gryphea'', which is found in Vietnam. Taxonomy The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Prismostictinae of the Bombycidae The Bombyc ...

'' Zolotuhin, 2007 *''

Mirina ''Mirina'' is genus of moths in the Endromidae family. It was previously assigned to the family Bombycidae or its own family, the Mirinidae. The genus contains three described species.Zolotuhin, V. V., & Witt, T. J. (2000). The Mirinidae of Vietna ...

'' Staudinger, 1892 *'' Mustilia'' Walker, 1865 *''

Mustilizans ''Mustilizans'' is a genus of moths of the family Endromidae described by Ji-Kun Yang in 1995. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Prismostictinae of the family Bombycidae The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known specie ...

'' J.K. Yang, 1995 *'' Oberthueria'' Kirby, 1892 *'' Prismosticta'' Butler, 1880 *'' Prismostictoides'' Zolotuhin & T.T. Du, 2011 *'' Pseudandraca'' Miyata, 1970 *''

Sesquiluna ''Sesquiluna'' is a genus of moths of the Endromidae Endromidae is a family of moths. It was long considered to be a monotypic family, containing just one species, the Kentish glory, '' Endromis versicolora'', found throughout the Palaearctic ...

'' Forbes, 1955

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