Anthelidae
| Anthelidae | |
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| Chelepteryx collesi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea | 
| Family: | Anthelidae | 
| Subfamilies & Genera | |
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Anthelidae is a family of Australian lappet moths in the Lepidoptera order. It had been included in the Lasiocampoidea superfamily, but a recent study resulted in reincluding the family in the superfamily Bombycoidea.
Diversity
The subfamily Anthelinae consists of 7 genera and about 91 species, while the subfamily Munychryiinae comprises 2 genera and 3 species.
External links
- Anthelidae
 - Anthelidae
 - Anthelidae
 - Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)
 
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