''Mirina'' is genus of
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
Endromidae
Endromidae is a family of moths. It was long considered to be a monotypic family, containing just one species, the Kentish glory, '' Endromis versicolora'', found throughout the Palaearctic regio The family now consists of several genera and abou ...
family. It was previously assigned to the family
Bombycidae
The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is ''Bombyx mandarina'', also native to Asia.
Taxonomy
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or its own family, the Mirinidae. The genus contains three described species.
[Zolotuhin, V. V., & Witt, T. J. (2000). The Mirinidae of Vietnam (Lepidoptera). ''Entomofauna, Supplement'', ''11'', 13-23.]
Species
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Mirina christophi''
* ''
Mirina confucius''
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Mirina fenzeli
''Mirina fenzeli'' is a moth of the family Endromidae. It is found from Sichuan to the mountains of central China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous countr ...
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References
* Zolotuhin, V.V.; Witt, T.J. 2000: The Mirinidae of Vietnam (Lepidoptera). ''Entomofauna'' (ISSN 0250-4413), supplement 11(2): 13-24
Full article (PDF)
External links
Catalog of LifeNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databaseIncreased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)
Endromidae
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