| Whalleyana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Clade: | Obtectomera |
| Superfamily: | Whalleyanoidea Minet, 1991 |
| Family: | Whalleyanidae Minet, 1991 |
| Genus: | Whalleyana Viette, 1977 |
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| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Whalleyana is an enigmatic genus of moths in the lepidopteran group Obtectomera,[1] endemic to Madagascar. The genus contains two species, whose biology are unknown. The genus had been placed in the picture-winged leaf moths, (Thyrididae), but then was placed in its own family (Minet, 1991), and later elevated to its own superfamily (Dugdale et al., 1999: 229-230); see also Fänger (2004). The genus was named after Paul E. S. Whalley, a British entomologist.[2] Genomic studies have found them to be most closely related to Callidulidae, and it is suggested that they should be placed in Calliduloidea.[3]
- ^ Obtectomera
- ^ Heppner, John B. (August 2008). Capinera, John L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 4 (2nd ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 2889.
- ^ Twort, Victoria G.; Minet, Joël; Wheat, Christopher W.; Wahlberg, Niklas (2021). "Museomics of a rare taxon: placing Whalleyanidae in the Lepidoptera Tree of Life". Systematic Entomology. 46 (4): 926–937. doi:10.1111/syen.12503. hdl:10138/334567. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 237486697.