Phiditiidae is a

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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. The family used to be placed as a subfamily (Phiditiinae) in 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 Th ...

Diversity

The family consists of 4 genera and about 25 species.

Genera

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Phiditia ''Phiditia'' is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae erected by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1883. Taxonomy The genus was treated in the Lymantriidae by Allan Watson, David Stephen Fletcher and I. W. B. Nye in 1980. It was later transferre ...

'' Möschler, 1883 *''

Rolepa ''Rolepa'' is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855. Taxonomy The genus was established in the Arctiidae and was placed in the Lasiocampidae by Kirby in 1892 and the Lymantriidae by Schaus ...

'' Walker, 1855 *''

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'' Moore, 1882 *''

Tepilia ''Tepilia'' is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Taxonomy The genus was originally established in Drepanidae, but was later placed in the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927 and the Apatelodidae ...

'' Walker, 1855

References

Bombycoidea Moth families {{Bombycoidea-stub