''Prophalonia'' is an extinct genus of

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 w ...

s in the family

Incurvariidae Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their host plants, excluding ''Paraclemensia acerifoliell ...

. It was described by Rebel in 1936, and contained the species ''P. acutitarsella'' and ''P. gigas''. ''P. acutitarsellus'' was later transferred to '' Adelites''.

Taxonomy

''Prophalonia'' was established in the

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...

and later transferred to the

Tineoidea Tineoidea is the ditrysian superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, Bagworm moth, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it, Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, ...

. It was included in the

by F. M. Carpenter in 1992.Paleobiology Database

References

Fossil taxa described in 1936 Fossil Lepidoptera † † {{paleo-Lepidoptera-stub