Chrysopolominae is a subfamily of moths in the family Limacodidae.[1][2] The type genus of this subfamily is Chrysopoloma. Chrysopolominae was originally a family (Chrysopolomidae) under the superfamily Zygaenoidea, consisting of two subfamilies, including about 30 species distributed in Africa, but in other newer documents, this family was downgraded and became It is a subfamily under Limacodidae, which belongs to the superfamily of Zygaenoidea, and the two subfamilies originally under Chrysopolominae were merged to become the synonym of Chrysopolominae called Ectropinae.

Chrysopolominae
Chrysopoloma isabellina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily: Chrysopolominae
(Aurivillius, 1895)
Type genus
Chrysopoloma
Aurivillius, 1895
Synonyms
  • Ectropinae

List of genera edit

According to Afromoths.org and ZooBank.org, this taxon includes the following genera:

References edit

  1. ^ Zolotuhin, V. V.; Kurshakov, P. A.; Solovyev, A. V. (2014-04-01). "The use of muscle morphology of Chrysopolomidae (Lepidoptera) genitalic appendages in developing a family system". Entomological Review. 94 (2): 181–189. doi:10.1134/S0013873814020043. ISSN 1555-6689.
  2. ^ Mey, Wolfram (2018-03-16). "Vansoniella chirindensis gen. n., sp. n. – an unusual taxon with translucent wings from Zimbabwe (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 65 (1): 75–80. doi:10.3897/dez.65.23538. ISSN 1860-1324.