Anthelidae is a family of Australian lappet moths in the order Lepidoptera. It had earlier been considered to be part of the Lasiocampoidea superfamily, but a 2008 molecular phylogenetic study, supported by a 2011 study, resulted in reincluding the Anthelidae in the superfamily Bombycoidea.[1][2]
The subfamily Anthelinae consists of a total of nine genera and ninety-four species.[3] Of these, seven genera and about ninety-one species, while the subfamily Munychryiinae comprises two genera and three species:[3]
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) in Kitching, Ian J; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris A; St Laurent, Ryan A; Naumann, Stefan; Ballesteros Mejia, Liliana; Kawahara, Akito Y (12 February 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 (6): e22236. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. PMC 5904559. PMID 29674935. Anthelidae is a family of Australian lappet moths in the order Lepidoptera. It had earlier been considered to be part of the Lasiocampoidea superfamily, but a 2008 molecular phylogenetic study, supported by a 2011 study, resulted in reincluding the Anthelidae in the superfamily Bombycoidea.
