Pseudobistonidae

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: Geometroidea

Familia: Pseudobistonidae
Subfamiliae (2): Heraculinae – Pseudobistoninae
Name

Pseudobistonidae Minet, Rajaei & Stüning in Rajaei et al., 2015: 421.

Type genus: Pseudobiston Inoue, 1994.
References
Primary references

Rajaei, H., Greve C., Letsch H., Stüning, D., Wahlberg, N., Minet, J. & Misof, B. 2015. Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata). Zoologica Scripta 44(4): 418–436. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12108 Reference page.

Additional references

Wang, H.S., Holloway, J.D., Wahlberg, N., Wang, M. & Nylin, S. 2019. Molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies on the systematic position of Heracula discivitta reveal a new subfamily of Pseudobistonidae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea). Systematic Entomology 44(1): 211–225. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12326 Paywall. Reference page.

Pseudobistonidae is a family of Asian moths in the superfamily Geometroidea. It was erected in 2015 and contained Pseudobiston pinratanai as its only species.[1] A second species was moved into this family in 2019: Heracula discivitta, in a new subfamily called Heraculinae.[2]
Subfamilies and genera

Subfamily Pseudobistoninae Minet, Rajaei & Stüning, 2015
Genus Pseudobiston Inoue, 1994
Subfamily Heraculinae Wang & Holloway, 2019
Genus Heracula Moore, [1866]

References
Rajaei, Hossein; Greve, Carola; Letsch, Harald; Stüning, Dieter; Wahlberg, Niklas; Minet, Joël; Misof, Bernhard (2015). "Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata)". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (4): 418–436. doi:10.1111/zsc.12108.
Wang, Houshuai; Holloway, Jeremy D.; Wahlberg, Niklas; Wang, Min; Nylin, Sören (2019). "Molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies on the systematic position of Heracula discivitta reveal a new subfamily of Pseudobistonidae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (1): 211–225. doi:10.1111/syen.12326.