| Pseudobistonidae | |
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| Heracula discivitta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Geometroidea |
| Family: | Pseudobistonidae Minet, Rajaei & Stüning, 2015 |
| Subfamilies | |
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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[edit]
- Subfamily Pseudobistoninae Minet, Rajaei & Stüning, 2015
- Genus Pseudobiston Inoue, 1994
- Subfamily Heraculinae Wang & Holloway, 2019
- Genus Heracula Moore, [1866]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.