| Penicillifera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bombycidae |
| Subfamily: | Bombycinae |
| Genus: | Penicillifera Dierl, 1978 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Dasychira apicalis Walker, 1862 | |
Penicillifera is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown. There are two subfamilies, Compsocteninae and Eriocottinae.
The Bombycidae are a family of moths known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori (Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.
Christian Friedrich Freyer was a German entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera.
Anaplectoides is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Estimata is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Stilbina is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Penicillifera apicalis, the Oriental white silk-moth is a moth of the family Bombycidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found from the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya to Sundaland and the Philippines.
Bivincula is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
Gnathocinara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Bombycidae erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978. It contains only one species, Gnathocinara situla, described by van Eecke in 1929, which is found on Sumatra in Indonesia.
Ocinara is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1856.
Triuncina is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
Trilocha is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1855. It is sometimes treated as a synonym of Ocinara.
Somera is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.
Vinculinula is a genus of moths of the Bombycidae family.
Penicillifera infuscata is a moth in the family Bombycidae first described by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978. It is found on Sumatra in Indonesia.
Acanthopsyche is a genus of moths in the Psychidae family. The genus was named by the Dutch entomologist Franciscus J.M. Heylaerts.
Agonopterix dierli is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexandr L. Lvovsky in 2011. It is found in Nepal.
Compsoctena is a genus of moths in the family Eriocottidae. It was erected by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.
Proutia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Psychidae.
Bacotia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Psychidae.
