| Prodidactis | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Clade: | Apoditrysia | 
| Clade: | Obtectomera | 
| Superfamily: | Hyblaeoidea | 
| Family: | Prodidactidae Epstein & Brown, 2003 | 
| Genus: | Prodidactis Meyrick, 1921 | 
| Species: | P. mystica | 
| Binomial name | |
| Prodidactis mystica (Meyrick, 1918) | |
Prodidactis mystica is an enigmatic Pyraloidea-like moth from southern Africa which has been placed in its own family, Prodidactidae and which belongs in the lepidopteran group Apoditrysia. [1] Its closest relative amongst this large group of Lepidoptera is uncertain, [2] but morphological and molecular evidence suggests placement of Prodidactidae in Hyblaeoidea. [3] The larval food plant is Nuxia congesta (Stilbaceae). [4]