Roeslerstammiidae is a

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insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...

s in the order Lepidoptera. The family arose from the taxonomic uncertainty of the genus ''

Roeslerstammia ''Roeslerstammia'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Roeslerstammiidae Roeslerstammiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. The family arose from the taxonomic uncertainty of the genus '' Roeslerstammia'' Zeller, 1839, ...

'' Zeller, 1839, which was assigned to different families. The genus ''Roeslerstammia'' was removed from the

Yponomeutidae : ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."'' The family Yponomeutidae are known as the ermine moths, with several ...

Stephens, 1829, and placed in the Amphitheridae Meyrick, 1913, which in consequence became a junior synonym of Roeslerstammiidae. Consequently, Roeslerstammiidae comprises the Palearctic genus ''Roeslerstammia'', as well as the Oriental and Australasian genera that form part of the Amphitheridae.

Genera

*'' Agriothera'' *'' Amphithera'' *'' Chalcoteuches'' *'' Cuphomorpha'' *'' Dasycarea'' *'' Dinocrana'' *'' Enchoptila'' *'' Harpedonistis'' *'' Hestiaula'' *'' Macarangela'' *''

'' *'' Sphenograptis'' *'' Thalassonympha'' *'' Thereutis''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q836127 Moth families