Falcogona

Falcogona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Endromidae
Genus:Falcogona
Zolotuhin, 2007
Species: F. gryphea
Binomial name
Falcogona gryphea
Zolotuhin, 2007

Falcogona is a genus of moths of the family Endromidae. It contains only one species, Falcogona gryphea, which is found in Vietnam.

Taxonomy

The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Prismostictinae of the Bombycidae family.[1]

References

  1. Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (2010-09-30). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x. Retrieved 2011-10-18.


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