Endromidae
| Endromidae | |
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| Endromis versicolora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
| Family: | Endromidae Boisduval, 1828 |
| Synonyms | |
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Endromidae is a family of moths. It was long considered to be a monotypic family, containing just one species, the Kentish glory, Endromis versicolora, found throughout the Palaearctic region . The family now consists of several genera and about 30 species, all former members of the family Bombycidae.
Genera
- Andraca Walker, 1865
- Dalailama Staudinger, 1896
- Endromis Ochsenheimer, 1810
- Falcogona Zolotuhin, 2007
- Mirina Staudinger, 1892
- Mustilia Walker, 1865
- Mustilizans J.K. Yang, 1995
- Oberthueria Kirby, 1892
- Prismosticta Butler, 1880
- Prismostictoides Zolotuhin & T.T. Du, 2011
- Pseudandraca Miyata, 1970
- Sesquiluna Forbes, 1955
External links
- Description and pictures
- Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)
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