Platychasmatinae

Platychasmatinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Platychasmatinae
Nakamura, 1956
Genera

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Platychasmatinae is a small East Asian subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae. Only two genera are placed here at present:

Though not all Notodontidae have been assigned to subfamilies yet, it is unlikely that many of these genera incertae sedis will turn out to be Platychasmatinae, as thus family is a rather ancient and distinct group. In fact, a newly discovered species of Platychasma is somewhat intermediate between the two genera, suggesting that this subfamily might actually be monotypic.

References

Data related to Platychasmatinae at Wikispecies


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