Prodidactis
Genus of moths
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Prodidactis mystica is an enigmatic Pyraloidea-like moth from southern Africa which has been placed in its own family, Prodidactidae and which belongs in the lepidopteran group Apoditrysia.[1] Its closest relative amongst this large group of Lepidoptera is uncertain,[2] but morphological and molecular evidence suggests placement of Prodidactidae in Hyblaeoidea.[3] The larval food plant is Nuxia congesta (Stilbaceae).[4]
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| Prodidactis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Clade: | Obtectomera |
| Superfamily: | Hyblaeoidea |
| Family: | Prodidactidae Epstein & Brown, 2003 |
| Genus: | Prodidactis Meyrick, 1921 |
| Species: | P. mystica |
| Binomial name | |
| Prodidactis mystica (Meyrick, 1918) | |
