Penicillifera

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Bombycidae
Subfamilia: Bombycinae
Genus: Penicillifera
Species: P. apicalis – P. lactea – P. tamsi
Name

Penicillifera Dierl, 1978

Type species: Dasychira apicalis Walker, 1862
References

Zolotuhin, V.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Bombycidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 231–272.

Penicillifera is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
Selected species

Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862)
Penicillifera infuscata Dierl, 1978
Penicillifera lactea (Hutton, 1865)
Penicillifera tamsi (Lemée, 1950)

References

Savela, Markku. "Penicillifera Dierl, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 6, 2018.