''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 Th ...

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 christophi'' is a moth of the family Endromidae. It is found in the Amur region and the Korean Peninsula. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ...

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Mirina confucius ''Mirina confucius'' is a moth of the family Endromidae. It is found in mountain forests in northern Vietnam, northern Thailand and south-western China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It ...

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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 ...

References

* Zolotuhin, V.V.; Witt, T.J. 2000: The Mirinidae of Vietnam (Lepidoptera). ''Entomofauna'' (ISSN 0250-4413), supplement 11(2): 13-24
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