Prophalonia

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.^[1] P. acutitarsellus was later transferred to Adelites.

Prophalonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Incurvariidae
Genus:	†Prophalonia Rebel, 1936
Species:	†gigas
Binomial name
†gigas Rebel, 1936

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]