''Prismosticta'' is a 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 of the family

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 ...

first described by

Arthur Gardiner Butler Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner Butl ...

in 1880. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Prismostictinae of 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 ...

Species

*'' Prismosticta fenestrata'' Butler, 1880 *'' Prismosticta hyalinata'' Butler, 1885 *'' Prismosticta microprisma'' Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 *'' Prismosticta regalis'' Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 *'' Prismosticta tianpinga'' X. Wang, G.H. Huang & M. Wang, 2011 *'' Prismosticta tiretta'' Swinhoe, 1903

References

Endromidae {{Bombycoidea-stub