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    Heracula

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    Heracula
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Family: Pseudobistonidae
    Subfamily: Heraculinae
    Wang & Holloway, 2019
    Genus: Heracula
    Moore, [1866]
    Species:
    H. discivitta
    Binomial name
    Heracula discivitta
    Moore, [1866]

    Heracula is a genus of moths in the family Pseudobistonidae. It contains only one species, Heracula discivitta, which is found in India (Sikkim)[1] and Nepal.[2]

    It used to be classified in the subfamily Lymantriinae of the family Erebidae until 2019, when it was moved to the recently created family Pseudobistonidae, in a newly created subfamily called Heraculinae.[3]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Heracula at funet
    2. ^ Haruta Collection
    3. ^ 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.


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