Prophalonia
| Prophalonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | Prophalonia Rebel, 1936 |
| Species: | P. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Prophalonia gigas Rebel, 1936 | |
Prophalonia is an extinct genus of moths in the Incurvariidae family. It was described by Rebel in 1936, and contained the species P. acutitarsella and P. gigas.[1] P. acutitarsellus was later transferred to Adelites.
Taxonomy
Prophalonia was established in the Tortricidae and later transferred to the Tineoidea.[2] It was included in the Incurvariidae by F. M. Carpenter in 1992.[3]