''Rolepa'' 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
Phiditiidae
Phiditiidae is a family of moths. The family used to be placed as a subfamily (Phiditiinae) in the family Bombycidae.
Diversity
The family consists of 4 genera and about 25 species.
Genera
*'' Phiditia'' Möschler, 1883
*'' Rolepa'' Walker, 185 ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1855.
Taxonomy
The genus was established in the
Arctiidae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
and was placed in the
Lasiocampidae
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...
by Kirby in 1892 and the
Lymantriidae
The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard no ...
by Schaus in 1927. Minet transferred the genus to the
Apatelodidae
Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae.
Distribution
Species ar ...
in 1986. In 1999 Lemaire and Minet finally transferred it to its subfamily
Phiditiinae, which was raised to the family level in 2011.
Selected species
*''
Rolepa castrona''
Schaus, 1920
*''
Rolepa delineata
''Rolepa delineata'' is a species 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 ...
''
Walker, 1855
*''
Rolepa demerara''
Schaus, 1927
*''
Rolepa erica''
Schaus, 1927
*''
Rolepa fiachna''
Schaus, 1927
*''
Rolepa innotabilis''
Walker, 1865
*''
Rolepa lojana''
(Dognin, 1916)
*''
Rolepa marginepicta
''Rolepa'' is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1855.
Taxonomy
The genus was established in the Arctiidae and was placed in the Lasiocampidae by Kirby in 1892 an ...
''
Dognin, 1914
*''
Rolepa medina''
(Dognin, 1916)
*''
Rolepa nigrostriga''
Schaus, 1920
*''
Rolepa sicyata''
(Dognin, 1901)
*''
Rolepa unimoda''
(Dognin, 1923)
References
Bombycoidea
Bombycoidea genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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