Eupterotidae is a

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s in the order

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with more than 300 described species. Eupterotidae at Kadavoor

Diversity

The family consists of four subfamilies and the unplaced ''Ganissa group''. The subfamily Eupterotinae consists of about 11 genera, the ''Ganissa group'' about 10 genera, the subfamily Janinae about 16 genera, the subfamily Panacelinae consists of one genus and 3 species and the subfamily Striphnopteryginae of 15 genera.

Genera

*Subfamily Eupterotinae **Tribe Cotanini Forbes, 1955 ***'' Cotana'' ***'' Melanergon'' **Tribe Eupterotini ***'' Apha'' ***'' Apona'' ***'' Cyrtojana'' ***'' Dreata'' ***'' Eupterote'' ***'' Ganisa'' ***'' Janomima'' ***'' Lasiomorpha'' ***'' Lichenopteryx'' ***'' Marmaroplegma'' ***'' Melanothrix'' ***'' Neopreptos'' ***'' Nisaga'' ***'' Palirisa'' ***'' Pandala'' ***'' Parajana'' ***'' Phyllalia'' ***'' Poloma'' ***'' Preptos'' ***'' Preptothauma'' ***'' Pseudoganisa'' ***'' Pseudojana'' ***'' Teratojana'' ***'' Trichophiala'' **Unplaced to tribe ***'' Bantuana'' ***'' Paraphyllalia'' ***'' Phiala'' ***'' Schistissa'' *Subfamily Hibrildinae Berger, 1958 **'' Hibrildes'' *Subfamily Janinae Aurivillius, 1892 **'' Acrojana'' **'' Camerunia'' **'' Catajana'' **'' Drepanojana'' **'' Epijana'' **'' Gonojana'' **'' Gracilanja'' **'' Hemijana'' **'' Hoplojana'' **'' Jana'' **'' Malagasanja'' **'' Pterocerota'' **'' Rhodopteriana'' **'' Stenoglene'' **'' Striginiana'' **'' Tantaliana'' **'' Urojana'' *Subfamily Panacelinae Forbes, 1955 **'' Panacela'' *Subfamily Striphnopteryginae Wallengren, 1858 **'' Ebbepterote'' Oberprieler, Nässig & E.D. Edwards, 2003 **'' Striphnopteryx'' *Subfamily Tissanginae Forbes, 1955 **'' Tissanga'' *Unassigned **'' Calapterote'' **'' Papuapterote'' **'' Paramarane'' **'' Rarisquamosa''

Former genera

*'' Euchera'' *'' Gastridiota'' *'' Hypercydas'' *'' Leptojana'' *'' Messata'' *'' Murlida'' *'' Nervicompressa'' *'' Pachyjana'' *'' Paracydas'' *'' Pugniphalera'' (='' Neodrymonia'' Matsumura, 1920) *'' Sangatissa'' *'' Sarmalia'' *'' Sarvena'' *'' Spalyria'' *''

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'' *'' Sphingognatha'' *'' Tagora'' *'' Thermojana'' Yang, 1995 (='' Gangaridopsis'' Grunberg, 1912) *'' Vianga'' (='' Viana'')

References

* , 2012: Description de nouveaux Eupterotidae africains (Lepidoptera). ''Entomologia Africana'' 17 (2): 2–14. * , 1955: The subdivision of the Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera). ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 98 (2): 85–132. * , 2008: An annotated catalogue of the genera of ''Eupterotidae'' (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). ''Senckenbergiana Biologica'' 88 (1): 53–80. * , 2007: A second species with diurnal males of the genus ''Eupterote'' from Indonesia: ''Eupterote (Eupterote) splendens'' sp. n. from Sulawesi (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Eupterotidae). ''Senckenbergiana Biologica'' 87 (2): 189–194. * . Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museu

* ; ; 2003: ''Ebbepterote'', a new genus for the Australian '''Eupterote''' ''expansa'' (T. P. Lucas), with a revised classification of the family Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera). ''Invertebrate systematics'', 17: 99–110.

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Eupterotidae, Moth families {{Bombycoidea-stub