Apatelodidae
Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea.[1][2]
| Apatelodidae | |
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| Apatelodes torrefacta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
| Family: | Apatelodidae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 |
| Synonyms | |
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Apatelodinae | |
Distribution
Species are exclusively found in the New World, with the highest diversity in the Neotropical ecozone.
Diversity
The family consists of about 17 genera and about 250 species.
Taxonomy
There is only one subfamily (Apatelodinae) with the removal of the Phiditiidae as a separate family, and the more recently-resolved placement of Epiinae; historically, Apatelodinae, Epiinae, and Phiditiinae were all placed in the Bombycidae, but now only Epiinae remains there, including some genera formerly placed in Apatelodinae, such as Anticla and Quentalia.[3]
- Apatelodes Packard, 1864
- Arotros Schaus, 1892
- Carnotena Walker, 1865
- Cheneya Schaus, 1929
- Colabata Walker, 1856
- Drepatelodes Draudt, 1929
- Falcatelodes Draudt, 1929
- Olceclostera Butler, 1878
- Orgyopsis Felder, 1874
- Prismoptera Butler, 1878
- Prothysana Walker, 1855
- Thelosia Schaus, 1896
- Thyrioclostera Draudt, 1929
- Zanola Walker, 1855
References
- 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.
- Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
- Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Dexter, K. et al. Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC Evol Biol 19, 182 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1505-1
External links
- ACG Page of images of Apatelodidae from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
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