Chrysopolominae

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Chrysopolominae
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Chrysopoloma isabellina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily: Chrysopolominae
(Aurivillius, 1895)
Type genus
Chrysopoloma
Aurivillius, 1895
Synonyms
  • Ectropinae

Chrysopolominae is a subfamily of moths in the family Limacodidae. [1] [2] The type genus of this subfamily is Chrysopoloma. Chrysopolominae was originally a family (Chrysopolomidae) under the superfamily Zygaenoidea, consisting of two subfamilies, including about 30 species distributed in Africa. But in other newer documents, this family was downgraded and became a subfamily under Limacodidae. The two subfamilies originally under Chrysopolominae were merged to become the synonym of Chrysopolominae, Ectropinae.

List of genera

According to Afromoths.org and ZooBank.org, this taxon includes the following genera:

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References

  1. Zolotuhin, V. V.; Kurshakov, P. A.; Solovyev, A. V. (2014-04-01). "The use of muscle morphology of Chrysopolomidae (Lepidoptera) genitalic appendages in developing a family system". Entomological Review. 94 (2): 181–189. doi:10.1134/S0013873814020043. ISSN   1555-6689.
  2. Mey, Wolfram (2018-03-16). "Vansoniella chirindensis gen. n., sp. n. – an unusual taxon with translucent wings from Zimbabwe (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 65 (1): 75–80. doi: 10.3897/dez.65.23538 . ISSN   1860-1324.