''Heracula'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family

Pseudobistonidae Pseudobistonidae is a family of Asian moths in the superfamily Geometroidea. It was erected in 2015 and contained '' Pseudobiston pinratanai'' as its only species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic r ...

. It contains only one species, ''Heracula discivitta'', which is found in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

(Sikkim) and

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

.Haruta Collection
/ref> It used to be classified in the subfamily Lymantriinae of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

until 2019, when it was moved to the recently created family Pseudobistonidae, in a newly created subfamily called Heraculinae.

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Pseudobistonidae Monotypic moth genera Moths of Asia {{Geometroidea-stub