Prophalonia

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Prophalonia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus:† Prophalonia
Rebel, 1936
Species:
†P. gigas
Binomial name
†Prophalonia gigas
Rebel, 1936

Prophalonia is an extinct genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Rebel in 1936, and contained the species P. acutitarsella and P. gigas. [1] P. acutitarsellus was later transferred to Adelites .

Taxonomy

Prophalonia was established in the Tortricidae and later transferred to the Tineoidea. [2] It was included in the Incurvariidae by F. M. Carpenter in 1992. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Prophalonia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  2. ↑ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
  3. ↑ Paleobiology Database Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today


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