Scranciidae
| Scranciidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Scranciidae Miller, 1991 |
Scranciidae is a family of noctuoid moths.[1][2] The family was resurrected in 2024 for some genera that were previously placed in family Notodontidae.[3] According to the Global Lepidoptera Index, the family contains 22 genera and 124 species.[1]
Genera
The family includes the following genera:[1]
- Archistilbia Kiriakoff, 1954 (4 spp.)
- Dinotodonta Holland, 1893 (1 spp.))
- Gargetta Walker, 1865 (14 spp.)
- Gargettoscrancia Strand, 1912 (1 spp.)
- Hijracona Holloway, 2011 (1 spp.)
- Lamoriodes Hampson, 1910 (2 spp.)
- Lasioceros Bethune-Baker, 1904 (6 spp.)
- Leptonadatoides Kiriakoff, 1969 (1 spp.)
- Lomela Kiriakoff, 1962 (1 spp.)
- Malgadonta Kiriakoff, 1962 (2 spp.)
- Noctuola Schintlmeister, 2020 (1 spp.)
- Parascrancia Kiriakoff, 1969 (1 spp.)
- Phycidopsis Hampson, 1893 (5 spp.)
- Phycitimorpha Janse, 1920 (4 spp.)
- Postscrancia Schintlmeister & Witt, 2015 (1 spp.)
- Pseudoscrancia Strand, 1915 (1 spp.)
- Scaeopteryx Kiriakoff, 1963 (1 spp.)
- Scranciella Kiriakoff, 1967 (1 spp.)
- Stictogargetta Kiriakoff, 1968 (2 spp.)
- Subscrancia Gaede, 1928 (3 spp.)
- Thacona Walker, 1865 (70 spp.)
- Turnacoides Gaede, 1928 (1 spp.)
References
- ^ a b c Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Scranciidae Miller, 1991". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via ChecklistBank.
- ^ "Scranciidae Miller, 1991". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ St Laurent, Ryan A.; Goldstein, Paul Z.; Miller, Scott E.; Robbins, Robert K. (2024). "Hiding in Plain Sight: Phylogenomics Reveals a New Branch on the Noctuoidea Tree of Life". Systematic Entomology. 49: 258–278. bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.03.10.529269. doi:10.1111/syen.12614.