Apatelodidae
| Apatelodidae | |
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| Apatelodes torrefacta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
| Family: | Apatelodidae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 |
| Synonyms | |
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Apatelodinae | |
Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea.[1][2]
Distribution[]
Species are exclusively found in the New World, with the highest diversity in the Neotropical realm.
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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