Simaethistoidea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Simaethistoidea |
Family: | Simaethistidae |
Diversity | |
4 species in Australia, China and India |
Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of pyralid-like moths with two genera, whose biology and relationships among the Ditrysia [1] is currently unknown, namely the Australian Metaprotus (2 species)[2] and the China and North Indian Simaethistis (2 species) (Dugdale et al., 1999).