Palaephatidae (Family)

Overview

The Family Palaephatidae is a member of the Superfamily Palaephatoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Palaephatidae:

Domain: Eukaryota - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata
        Superclass: Panhexapoda
        Class: Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia
        Infraclass: Pterygota - Winged Insects
        Cohort: Myoglossata
        Infraorder: Heteroneura - a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
        Superfamily: Palaephatoidea
        Family: Palaephatidae - Gondwanaland moths

The Family Palaephatidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (5): Azaleodes · Emmetia · Palaephatus · Ptyssoptera · Sesommata
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in the Family Palaephatidae.

Azaleodes is a genus of moths of the Palaephatidae family. The genus is endemic to Australia. [more]

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]

More info about the Genus Sesommata may be found here.

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