Rolepa is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.

Rolepa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Phiditiidae
Genus: Rolepa
Walker, 1855
Type species
Rolepa delineata
Walker , 1855[1]
Synonyms
  • Olenoptera Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]
  • Athrula Walker, 1862

Taxonomy

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The genus was established in the Arctiidae and was placed in the Lasiocampidae by Kirby in 1892 and the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927. Minet transferred the genus to the Apatelodidae in 1986. In 1999 Lemaire and Minet finally transferred it to its subfamily Phiditiinae,[2] which was raised to the family level in 2011.[3]

Selected species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rolepa Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rolepa Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (September 30, 2010). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x.