Tepilia is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Phiditiidae |
| Genus: | Tepilia Walker, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Tepilia biluna Walker, 1855[1]
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Taxonomy edit
The genus was originally established in Drepanidae, but was later placed in the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927 and the Apatelodidae by Minet in 1986. Lemaire and Minet placed it in the subfamily Phiditiinae in 1999.[2] This subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.[3]
Selected species edit
- Tepilia biluna Walker, 1855
- Tepilia dodala Schaus, 1927
- Tepilia fastidiosa (Dognin, 1901)
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Tepilia Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Tepilia Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (September 30, 2010). "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.
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