Sorocaba (moth)
| Phiditia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Phiditiidae |
| Genus: | Sorocaba Moore, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Sorocaba anomala Moore, 1882 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sorocaba is a genus of moths of the Phiditiidae family.
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 by Minet in 1986 and finally to the subfamily Phiditiinae by Lemaire and Minet.[1] The subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.[2]
Selected species
- Sorocaba anomala Moore, 1882
References
- ↑ "Butterflies and Moths of the World". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Onlinelibrary.wiley.com. 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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