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.
The subfamily Anthelinae consists of 7 genera and about 91 species, while the subfamily Munychryiinae comprises 2 genera and 3 species.