| Prophalonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | †Prophalonia Rebel, 1936 |
| Species: | †gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| †gigas Rebel, 1936 | |
Prophalonia is an extinct genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Rebel in 1936, and contained the species P. acutitarsella and P. gigas. P. acutitarsellus was later transferred to Adelites.
Taxonomy
Prophalonia was established in the Tortricidae and later transferred to the Tineoidea. It was included in the Incurvariidae by F. M. Carpenter in 1992.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prophalonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
- Paleobiology Database Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Prophalonia gigas | |
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