''Tepilia'' is a genus of
moths 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
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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
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. Lemaire and Minet placed it in the subfamily
Phiditiinae in 1999. This subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.
Selected species
*''
Tepilia biluna''
Walker, 1855
*''
Tepilia dodala''
Schaus, 1927
*''
Tepilia fastidiosa''
(Dognin, 1901)
References
Bombycoidea
Macrolepidoptera genera
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