Ratardidae, Hampson, 1898

Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India, Zootaxa 5330 (3), pp. 301-348 : 305

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3FBFCEB8-4DA2-459B-A668-A35D2EA249F9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8254748

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F59D07-FFD1-3A29-FF10-FBF054975379

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ratardidae
status

 

Family Ratardidae View in CoL

Ratardidae View in CoL is a rare moth’s family ( Schoorl 1990, Nieukerken et al. 2011). Some authors considered Ratardidae View in CoL as a subfamily within Cossidae View in CoL ( Holloway 1986, Edwards et al. 1999, Heynderycx 2003). Ratardidae View in CoL is delicate, butterfly like moths, ocelli absent, antennae filiform or bipectinate and short up to 1/3 length of forewing. Currently, the family includes nine species in four genera. The family is distributed in North East India, Indochina ( Myanmar, Thailand), Taiwan, the Philippines (Palawan Island), Malaysia, New Guinea and Indonesia to the east to the Moluccas ( Yakovlev et al. 2022b). In India, the family is represended by three species in genus Ratarda View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Cossoidea

Family

Ratardidae

Loc

Ratardidae

Ahmad, Jalil, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet 2023
2023
Loc

Ratardidae

Hampson 1898
1898
Loc

Ratardidae

Hampson 1898
1898
Loc

Ratardidae

Hampson 1898
1898
Loc

Ratarda

Moore 1879
1879
Loc

Cossidae

Leach 1815
1815
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