''Tepilia'' 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 first described by Francis Walker in 1855.

Taxonomy

The genus was originally established in

Drepanidae The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies, which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a supe ...

, but was later placed in 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 and 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 ...

by Minet in 1986. Lemaire and Minet placed it in the subfamily Phiditiinae in 1999. This subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.

Selected species

*'' Tepilia biluna'' Walker, 1855 *'' Tepilia dodala'' Schaus, 1927 *''

Tepilia fastidiosa ''Tepilia'' is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Taxonomy The genus was originally established in Drepanidae, but was later placed in the Lymantriidae The Lymantriinae (formerly called the ...

'' (Dognin, 1901)

References

Bombycoidea Bombycoidea genera Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Bombycoidea-stub