Whalleyana

Whalleyanoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Whalleyanoidea
Family: Whalleyanidae
Genus: Whalleyana
Viette, 1977
Species
  • Whalleyana vroni Viette, 1977
  • Whalleyana toni Viette, 1977
Diversity
2 species

Whalleyana (Viette, 1977) is an enigmatic genus of moths in the Lepidopteran group Obtectomera,[1] endemic to Madagascar. The genus contains two species, whose biology and closest relatives are unknown. The genus had been placed in the picture-winged leaf moths (Thyrididae), but then was placed in its own family (Minet, 1991), and later elevated to its own superfamily (Dugdale et al., 1999: 229-230); see also Fänger (2004). The genus was named after Paul E. S. Whalley, a British entomologist.[2]

References

  1. Obtectomera
  2. Heppner, John B. (August 2008). Capinera, John L., ed. Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 4 (2nd ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 2889.

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