| Anthelidae | |
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| Chelepteryx collesi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
| Family: | Anthelidae Turner 1904 |
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]
- ^ Zwick, Andreas (January 2008). "Molecular phylogeny of Anthelidae and other bombycoid taxa (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 33 (1): 190–209. Bibcode:2008SysEn..33..190Z. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00410.x. hdl:1885/54260. S2CID 84568497.
- ^ Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (September 30, 2010). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x. S2CID 86331826.