Castniidae

Life-forms

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
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Castniidae
Subfamiliae: Castniinae - Tascininae
Overview of genera

†Dominickus
...34 genera, 113 species
Name

Castniidae Boisduval, 1828.
References

Holloway, J.D., 1998: The Moths of Borneo, Part 8, families Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae & Uraniidae: 1–155.
Miller, J.Y., 1974: Studies in the Castniidae. II. Descriptions of three new species of Castnia, s.l. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 34: 1–13. Full article: [1].
Miller, J.Y., 1980: Studies in the Castniidae. III. Mirocastnia. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 60: 1–15. Full article: [2].
Miller, J.Y., 2007: Studies in the Castniidae. IV. Description of a new genus, Insigniocastnia. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 145: 1–7.
Miller, J.Y., 2008: Studies in the Castniidae. V. Description of a new species of Zegara. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 160: 1–13.
van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C.M., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. PDF. Reference page.
Ríos, S.D.; González, J.M. 2011: A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Paraguay. Zootaxa, 3055: 43–61. Preview
Souza Moraes, de S. & Duarte, M., 2014: Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 170 (2): 362–399. Abstract: DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12102.

Links

Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[3]

Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with fewer than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically-marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They have clubbed antennae and are day flying, and are often mistaken for butterflies. Indeed, some previous classification systems placed this family within the butterflies or skippers. The Neotropical species are commonly known as giant butterfly-moths, the Australian and Asian species as sun moths. The larvae are internal feeders, often on roots of epiphytes or on monocotyledons.[1]
Taxonomy

Subfamily Castniinae

Tribe Castniini
Amauta
Athis
Castnia
Castniomera
Corybantes
Eupalamides
Feschaeria
Geyeria
Haemonides
Hista
Imara
Insigniocastnia
Ircila
Lapaeumides
Spilopastes
Synpalamides
Telchin
Xanthocastnia
Yagra
Tribe Gazerini
Castnius
Ceretes
Divana
Duboisvalia
Frostetola
Gazera
Mirocastnia
Oiticicastnia
Paysandisia
Prometheus
Riechia
Tosxampila
Zegara
Tribe Synemonini
Synemon

Subfamily Tascininae

Tascina

Subfamily incertae sedis

†Dominickus

References

Edwards, Edward D.; Gentili, Patricia; Horak, Marianne; Kristensen, Niels P.; Nielsen, Ebbe S. (1998). "11. The Cossoid/Sesioid Assemblage". Band 4: Arthropoda, 2 Hälfte: Insecta, Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, Teilband/Part 35, Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. doi:10.1515/9783110804744.181. ISBN 9783110804744.184-188).

Edwards, Edward D.; Gentili, Patricia; Horak, Marianne; Kristensen, Niels P.; Nielsen, Ebbe S. (1998). "11. The Cossoid/Sesioid Assemblage". Band 4: Arthropoda, 2 Hälfte: Insecta, Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, Teilband/Part 35, Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. doi:10.1515/9783110804744.181. ISBN 9783110804744.