#scranciidae — Public Fediverse posts

The family #Scranciidae has now been updated in the #GlobalLepidopteraIndex and is available in #ChecklistBank.

https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/235153

This classification should be included in next month's #CatalogueOfLife checklist and then be available to @gbif for organising occurrence data.

22 #genera, 122 #species, 11 #subspecies, 279 names in total:

https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/names?TAXON_ID=235153&facet=rank&facet=issue&facet=status&facet=nomStatus&facet=nameType&facet=field&facet=authorship&facet=authorshipYear&facet=extinct&facet=environment&facet=origin&limit=50&offset=0&sortBy=taxonomic

#taxonomy #Lepidoptera #entomology

I only just noticed that a new #Lepidoptera family was established in November 2023 - #Scranciidae (Miller, 1991) comprising 22 genera formerly placed in #Notodontidae.

https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12614

#moths #taxonomy #entomology