''Prismosticta'' is a genus 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 of the family

Endromidae Endromidae is a family of moths 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 re ...

first described by

Arthur Gardiner Butler Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner B ...

in 1880. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Prismostictinae of the family

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

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Prismosticta fenestrata ''Prismosticta fenestrata'' is a moth in the family Endromidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Tibet), Taiwan, India and Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, ...

'' Butler, 1880 *''

Prismosticta hyalinata ''Prismosticta hyalinata'' is a moth in the family Endromidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. It is found in Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. The wingspan is 27–30 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. The ...

'' Butler, 1885 *''

Prismosticta microprisma ''Prismosticta microprisma'' is a moth in the family Endromidae first described by Vadim V. Zolotuhin and Thomas Joseph Witt in 2009. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi and in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia Ca ...

'' Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 *''

Prismosticta regalis ''Prismosticta regalis'' is a moth in the family Endromidae first described by Vadim V. Zolotuhin and Thomas Joseph Witt in 2009. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Hainan and Fujian and in Vietnam Vietnam, officially t ...

'' Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 *''

Prismosticta tianpinga ''Prismosticta tianpinga'' is a moth in the family Endromidae first described by Xing Wang, Guo-Hua Huang and Min Wang in 2011. It is found in the Chinese province of Hunan. The length of the forewings is 16–18 mm for males. Etymology T ...

'' X. Wang, G.H. Huang & M. Wang, 2011 *''

Prismosticta tiretta ''Prismosticta tiretta'' is a moth in the family Endromidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1903. It is found in Sundaland, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and al ...

'' Swinhoe, 1903

References

Endromidae Bombycoidea genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Bombycoidea-stub