Pseudobistonidae 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 Asian

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 in the superfamily

Geometroidea The Geometroidea are the superfamily of geometrid moths in the order Lepidoptera. It includes the families Geometridae, Uraniidae, Epicopeiidae, Sematuridae Sematuridae is a Family (biology), family of moths in the lepidopteran Order (bio ...

. It was erected in 2015 and contained '' Pseudobiston pinratanai'' as its only

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

. A second species was moved into this family in 2019: '' Heracula discivitta'', in a new

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

called Heraculinae.

Subfamilies and genera

* Subfamily Pseudobistoninae Minet, Rajaei & Stüning, 2015 ** Genus '' Pseudobiston'' Inoue, 1994 * Subfamily Heraculinae Wang & Holloway, 2019 ** Genus '' Heracula'' Moore,

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References

Moth families {{Geometroidea-stub