Rolepa

Genus of moths

Rolepa

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Phiditiidae
Genus:  | Rolepa
Walker, 1855
Type species
Rolepa delineata

Walker , 1855[1]

Synonyms

* Olenoptera Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]
* Athrula Walker, 1862

Rolepa is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.

## Taxonomy

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The genus was established in the Arctiidae and was placed in the Lasiocampidae by Kirby in 1892 and the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927. Minet transferred the genus to the Apatelodidae in 1986. In 1999 Lemaire and Minet finally transferred it to its subfamily Phiditiinae,[2] which was raised to the family level in 2011.[3]

## Selected species

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* Rolepa castrona Schaus, 1920
* Rolepa delineata Walker, 1855
* Rolepa demerara Schaus, 1927
* Rolepa erica Schaus, 1927
* Rolepa fiachna Schaus, 1927
* Rolepa innotabilis Walker, 1865
* Rolepa lojana (Dognin, 1916)
* Rolepa marginepicta Dognin, 1914
* Rolepa medina (Dognin, 1916)
* Rolepa nigrostriga Schaus, 1920
* Rolepa sicyata (Dognin, 1901)
* Rolepa unimoda (Dognin, 1923)

## References

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1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rolepa Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
2. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rolepa Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
3. ^ 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.31-43&rft.date=2010-09-30&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x&rft.aulast=Zwick&rft.aufirst=Andreas&rft.au=Regier,+Jerome+C.&rft.au=Mitter,+Charles&rft.au=Cummings,+Michael+P.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Rolepa" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Rolepa|

* Wikidata: Q7360658
* Wikispecies: Rolepa
* BOLD: 58836
* ButMoth: 25933.0
* CoL: 92M34
* EoL: 64327
* GBIF: 1868702
* IRMNG: 1018490
* LepIndex: 52787
* NCBI: 475358
* Open Tree of Life: 742904

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