''Sorocaba'' is a
monotypic moth genus of the family
Phiditiidae
Phiditiidae is a family of moths. The family used to be placed as a subfamily (Phiditiinae) in the family Bombycidae.
Diversity
The family consists of 4 genera and about 25 species.
Genera
*''Phiditia'' Möschler, 1883
*''Rolepa'' Walker, 1855
...
. Its only species, ''Sorocaba anomala'', is found in
São Paulo, Brazil. Both the species and genus were described by
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company.
It has been said that Mo ...
in 1882.
Taxonomy
The genus was established in the
Sphingidae and later placed in the
Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927. It was transferred from to the
Apatelodidae
Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae.
Distribution
Species are e ...
by Minet in 1986 and finally to the subfamily
Phiditiinae by Lemaire and Minet. The subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.
References
Bombycoidea
Macrolepidoptera genera
Monotypic moth genera
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