Prodidactis

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]

Prodidactis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)