Phiditia

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
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Phiditiidae
Genus: Phiditia
Species: P. cuprea – P. diores – P. johanna – P. lucernaria – P. maculosa – P. maculosissima – P. minor – P. scriptigera
Name

Phiditia Möschler, 1883

Type species: Phalaena diores Cramer, 1775
References
Primary references

Möschler, H. B., 1883. Beitrage zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam V. Ver. der Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 32: 303–362, pls 17,18. text BHL, plates. Reference page. page 338.
Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page. vol. 1, text p. 119, figure pl. 75 (F).

Additional references

Schaus, W. 1927. Familie Lymantriidae. In: Seitz A. (Ed.) Die GrossSchmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer 535–563. BHL Reference page.

Phiditia is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae erected by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1883.
Taxonomy

The genus was treated in the Lymantriidae by Allan Watson, David Stephen Fletcher and I. W. B. Nye in 1980. It was later transferred to the Apatelodidae by Joël Minet in 1986. Minet designated it as the type genus for the new subfamily Phiditiinae,[2] which was elevated to family level in 2011.[3]
Species

Phiditia cuprea (Kaye, 1901)
Phiditia diores (Cramer, 1775)
Phiditia lucernaria (Walker, 1866)
Phiditia maculosa Dognin, 1916
Phiditia minor Schaus, 1924
Phiditia scriptigera (Dognin, 1916)

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Phiditia Möschler, 1883". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Phiditia Möschler, 1883". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (2010-09-30). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x.