Hyblaeidae are the "teak moths", a
family of insects in the
Lepidopteran order. The two
genera with about 18
species make up one of the two families of the Hyblaeoideasuperfamily (the other family being the
monotypicProdidactidae),[1] which in the past has been included in the
Pyraloidea.
Recent
phylogenetic studies find varying relationships of Hyblaeoidea among
Ditrysian Lepidoptera: Mutanen et al. (2010) find the superfamily to group either with Pyraloidea, or – more often – with
Thyridoidea or
butterflies.[2] The results of Wahlberg et al. (2013) and Heikilä et al. (2015) indicate a sister-group relationship with Pyraloidea.[3][4]
Males have a specialised "
hair-pencil" on the hindleg.[5]
^Dugdale, J.S.; Kristensen, Niels Peder; Robinson, Gaden S.; Scoble, Malcolm J. (1999). "The smaller Microlepidoptera grade superfamilies, Chapter 13". In Kristensen, Niels Peder (ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 217–232.