Prophalonia
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| Prophalonia | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | †Prophalonia Rebel, 1936 |
| Species: | †P. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prophalonia gigas Rebel, 1936
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Prophalonia is an extinct genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Rebel in 1936, and contained the species P. acutitarsella and P. gigas.[1] P. acutitarsellus was later transferred to Adelites.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Prophalonia was established in the Tortricidae and later transferred to the Tineoidea.[2] It was included in the Incurvariidae by F. M. Carpenter in 1992.[3]
References
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- ^ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
- ^ Paleobiology Database Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today
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