Castniidae

Giant butterfly-moths and sun moths
	Paysandisia archon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Cossoidea
Family:	Castniidae; Boisduval, 1828
Subfamilies & genera
	See text

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.

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus list Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
Tree of Life
Australian Moths Online
Sun Moths
Australian Castniidae
Castniidae Images

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[1] 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).

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