Rolepa is a genus of moths of the family Phiditiidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.
Taxonomy The genus was established in the Arctiidae and was placed in the Lasiocampidae by Kirby in 1892 and the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927. Minet transferred the genus to the Apatelodidae in 1986. In 1999 Lemaire and Minet finally transferred it to its subfamily Phiditiinae, which was raised to the family level in 2011.
Selected species Rolepa castrona Schaus, 1920 Rolepa delineata Walker, 1855 Rolepa demerara Schaus, 1927 Rolepa erica Schaus, 1927 Rolepa fiachna Schaus, 1927 Rolepa innotabilis Walker, 1865 Rolepa lojana (Dognin, 1916) Rolepa marginepicta Dognin, 1914 Rolepa medina (Dognin, 1916) Rolepa nigrostriga Schaus, 1920 Rolepa sicyata (Dognin, 1901) Rolepa unimoda (Dognin, 1923)
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