Castniidae

Family of moths

Giant butterfly-moths and sun moths

Paysandisia archon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Cossoidea
Family:	Castniidae Boisduval, 1828
Subfamilies & genera
See text

Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with fewer than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They have clubbed antennae and are day flying, and are often mistaken for butterflies. Indeed, some previous classification systems placed this family within the butterflies or skippers. The Neotropical species are commonly known as giant butterfly-moths, the Australian and Asian species as sun moths. The larvae are internal feeders, often on roots of epiphytes or on monocotyledons.^[1]

Taxonomy

Subfamily Castniinae

Tribe Castniini
- Amauta
- Athis
- Castnia
- Castniomera
- Corybantes
- Eupalamides
- Feschaeria
- Geyeria
- Haemonides
- Hista
- Imara
- Insigniocastnia
- Ircila
- Lapaeumides
- Spilopastes
- Synpalamides
- Telchin
- Xanthocastnia
- Yagra
Tribe Gazerini
- Castnius
- Ceretes
- Divana
- Duboisvalia
- Frostetola
- Gazera
- Mirocastnia
- Oiticicastnia
- Paysandisia
- Prometheus
- Riechia
- Tosxampila
- Zegara
Tribe Synemonini
- Synemon

Subfamily Tascininae

Tascina

Subfamily incertae sedis

†Dominickus

References

^ Edwards, Edward D.; Gentili, Patricia; Horak, Marianne; Kristensen, Niels P.; Nielsen, Ebbe S. (1998). "11. The Cossoid/Sesioid Assemblage". Band 4: Arthropoda, 2 Hälfte: Insecta, Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, Teilband/Part 35, Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. doi:10.1515/9783110804744.181. ISBN 9783110804744.184-188).

Edwards, Edward D.; Gentili, Patricia; Horak, Marianne; Kristensen, Niels P.; Nielsen, Ebbe S. (1998). "11. The Cossoid/Sesioid Assemblage". Band 4: Arthropoda, 2 Hälfte: Insecta, Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, Teilband/Part 35, Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. doi:10.1515/9783110804744.181. ISBN 9783110804744.

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus list Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
Tree of Life
Australian Moths Online
Sun Moths
Australian Castniidae
Castniidae Images

Extant Lepidoptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

Suborder Zeugloptera

Micropterigoidea	Micropterigidae (mandibulate archaic moths)

Suborder Aglossata

Agathiphagoidea	Agathiphagidae (kauri moths)

Suborder Heterobathmiina

Heterobathmioidea	Heterobathmiidae

Suborder Glossata

Dacnonypha

Eriocranioidea	Eriocraniidae

Acanthoctesia

Acanthopteroctetoidea	Acanthopteroctetidae (archaic sun moths)

Lophocoronina

Lophocoronoidea	Lophocoronidae

Neopseustina

Neopseustoidea	Aenigmatineidae Neopseustidae (archaic bell moths)

Exoporia

Hepialoidea	Anomosetidae Hepialidae (swift moths, ghost moths) Neotheoridae (Amazonian primitive ghost moths) Palaeosetidae (miniature ghost moths) Prototheoridae (African primitive ghost moths)
Mnesarchaeoidea	Mnesarchaeidae (New Zealand primitive moths)

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Adeloidea	Adelidae (fairy longhorn moths) Cecidosidae Heliozelidae Incurvariidae Prodoxidae (yucca moths)
Andesianoidea	Andesianidae (Andean endemic moths)
Nepticuloidea	Nepticulidae (pigmy, or midget moths) Opostegidae (white eyecap moths)
Palaephatoidea	Palaephatidae (Gondwanaland moths)
Tischerioidea	Tischeriidae (trumpet leaf miner moths)

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Simaethistoidea	Simaethistidae
Tineoidea	Acrolophidae (burrowing webworm moths) Arrhenophanidae Eriocottidae (Old World spiny-winged moths) Psychidae (bagworm moths) Tineidae (fungus moths)
Gracillarioidea	Bucculatricidae (ribbed cocoon makers) Douglasiidae (Douglas moths) Gracillariidae Roeslerstammiidae
Yponomeutoidea	Acrolepiidae (false diamondback moths) Bedelliidae Glyphipterigidae (sedge moths) Heliodinidae Lyonetiidae Plutellidae Yponomeutidae (ermine moths) Ypsolophidae
Gelechioidea	Autostichidae Batrachedridae Blastobasidae Coleophoridae (case-bearers, case moths) Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths) Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) Gelechiidae (twirler moths) Lecithoceridae (long-horned moths) Lypusidae Metachandidae Momphidae (mompha moths) Oecophoridae (concealer moths) Pterolonchidae Scythrididae (flower moths) Xyloryctidae (timber moths)
Galacticoidea	Galacticidae
Zygaenoidea	Heterogynidae Zygaenidae (burnet, forester, or smoky moths) Himantopteridae Lacturidae Somabrachyidae Megalopygidae (flannel moths) Aididae Anomoeotidae Cyclotornidae Epipyropidae (planthopper parasite moths) Dalceridae (slug caterpillars) Limacodidae (slug, or cup moths)
Cossoidea	Cossidae (carpenter millers, or goat moths) Dudgeoneidae (dudgeon carpenter moths)
Sesioidea	Brachodidae (little bear moths) Castniidae (castniid moths: giant butterfly-moths, sun moths) Sesiidae (clearwing moths)
Choreutoidea	Choreutidae (metalmark moths)
Tortricoidea	Tortricidae (tortrix moths)
Urodoidea	Urodidae (false burnet moths)
Schreckensteinioidea	Schreckensteiniidae (bristle-legged moths)
Epermenioidea	Epermeniidae (fringe-tufted moths)
Alucitoidea	Alucitidae (many-plumed moths) Tineodidae (false plume moths)
Pterophoroidea	Pterophoridae (plume moths)
Whalleyanoidea	Whalleyanidae
Immoidea	Immidae
Copromorphoidea	Copromorphidae (tropical fruitworm moths) Carposinidae (fruitworm moths)
Thyridoidea	Thyrididae (picture-winged leaf moths)
Calliduloidea	Callidulidae (Old World butterfly-moths)
Papilionoidea (butterflies)	Papilionidae (swallowtail butterflies) Hedylidae (American moth-butterflies) Hesperiidae (skippers) Pieridae (whites, yellows, orangetips, sulphurs) Riodinidae (metalmarks) Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies: blues, coppers and relatives) Nymphalidae (brush-footed, or four-footed butterflies)
Hyblaeoidea	Hyblaeidae (teak moths)
Pyraloidea	Pyralidae (snout moths) Crambidae (grass moth)
Mimallonoidea	Mimallonidae (sack bearer moths)
Lasiocampoidea	Lasiocampidae (eggars, snout moths, or lappet moths)
Bombycoidea	Anthelidae (Australian lappet moth) Apatelodidae (American silkworm moths) Bombycidae (silk moths) Brahmaeidae (Brahmin moths) Carthaeidae (Dryandra moth) Endromidae (Kentish glory and relatives) Eupterotidae Phiditiidae Saturniidae (saturniids) Sphingidae (hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms)
Noctuoidea	Erebidae (underwing, tiger, tussock, litter, snout, owlet moths) Euteliidae Noctuidae (daggers, sallows, owlet moths, quakers, cutworms, darts) Nolidae (tuft moths) Notodontidae (prominents, kittens) Oenosandridae
Drepanoidea	Drepanidae (hook-tips) Cimeliidae (gold moths) Doidae
Geometroidea	Sematuridae Pseudobistonidae Epicopeiidae (oriental swallowtail moths) Uraniidae Geometridae (geometer moths)
Superfamily unassigned	Millieriidae

Note: division Monotrysia is not a clade.

Taxon identifiers
Castniidae	Wikidata: Q132986 Wikispecies: Castniidae AFD: Castniidae BAMONA: Castniidae BioLib: 17311 BOLD: 58871 CoL: 7SJ EoL: 789 EPPO: 1CASTF Fauna Europaea: 16712 Fauna Europaea (new): baed200b-0a5c-482a-a91a-374b6b9b2a77 GBIF: 8836 iNaturalist: 199258 IRMNG: 100405 NBN: NHMSYS0021199726 NCBI: 160827 Open Tree of Life: 244316 Paleobiology Database: 212987