Hyblaeidae

 ( Moth Families ) 

Hyblaeidae are the "teak moths", a family of insects in the order. The two genus with about 18 species make up one of the two families of the Hyblaeoidea Taxonomic rank (the other family being the monotypic taxon Prodidactis), which in the past has been included in the Pyraloidea. Recent phylogenetic studies find varying relationships of Hyblaeoidea among Lepidoptera: Mutanen et al. (2010) find the superfamily to group either with Pyraloidea, or – more often – with Thyridoidea or butterfly. The results of Wahlberg et al. (2013) and Heikilä et al. (2015) indicate a sister-group relationship with Pyraloidea.

Males have a specialised "hair-pencil" on the hindleg.

The genus Hyblaea is distributed throughout the Old World tropics, and Torone in the Neotropics. Caterpillar host plants are well known and comprise almost exclusively species of the families Bignoniaceae, Verbenaceae, the mangrove families Avicenniaceae and Rhizophoraceae and a few other families.

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, , 2002

• Tree of Life
• Hyblaeidae of Australia
• Natural History Museum hosts database
• Hyblaea constellata Accessed 4 Mar 2007
• Caterpillar of Hyblaea puera Cramer Accessed 4 Mar 2007
• CSIRO Slideshow of Hyblaeidae