Prophalonia

Prophalonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Incurvariidae
Genus:	†Prophalonia; Rebel, 1936
Species:	†P. gigas
Binomial name
	†Prophalonia gigas; Rebel, 1936

Prophalonia is an extinct genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Rebel in 1936, and contained the species P. acutitarsella and P. gigas.^[1] P. acutitarsellus was later transferred to .

Taxonomy[]

Prophalonia was established in the Tortricidae and later transferred to the Tineoidea.^[2] It was included in the Incurvariidae by F. M. Carpenter in 1992.^[3]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prophalonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
^ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
^ Paleobiology Database Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prophalonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

[2] Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species

[3] Paleobiology Database Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today

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