Sorocaba (moth)

Sorocaba is a monotypic moth genus of the family Phiditiidae. Its only species, Sorocaba carmelitaria, is found in São Paulo, Brazil.^[2] The species was described by Guenée in 1857, and the genus by Frederic Moore in 1882.

Sorocaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Phiditiidae
Genus:	Sorocaba Moore, 1882[1]
Species:	Sorocaba carmelitaria (Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
Genus Ceratophora Guenée, 1858 (preocc.) Species Sorocaba anomala Moore, 1882

Taxonomy

The genus was established in the Sphingidae and later placed in the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927. It was transferred from to the Apatelodidae by Minet in 1986 and finally to the subfamily Phiditiinae by Lemaire and Minet.^[3] The subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.^[4]