NOMEN: Frenatae Comstock 1892 [J.H. Comstock. The descent of the Lepidoptera. An application of the theory of natural selection to taxonomy. In: Putham F.W. (ed.). Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 41st Meeting. Salem Press Publishing, 1892, 41: 199-201]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Comstock 1892):
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JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Anisoneuria Karsch 1898
= Heteroneura Tillyard 1917 (non Brauer 1885)
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Papilio/fg (sine Hepialus; incl. Nepticula, Adela)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE:
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position and classification of Frenatae:
| Neolepidoptera Exoporia Mnesarchaea/fg Macrojugatae Frenatae Adela/fg Nannoleptera Dirtysia |