Alternative spelling: Arcestaceae
Parent taxon: Arcestina according to V. Pieroni and M. Balini 2026
See also Astakhova 1971, Fantini Sestini 1994, Fantini Sestini 1996, Krystyn et al. 2019, Tozer 1981 and Vörös 2018
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Arcestidae Cladiscitidae Joannitidae Proarcestidae Sphingitidae
Distribution:
• Kaihikuan of United States (3: Nevada collections)
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1), Albania (2), Austria (96), Bosnia and Herzegovina (13), Canada (12: British Columbia, Nunavut), Chile (3), China (7), Croatia (2), Georgia (1), Germany (3), Greece (9), Hungary (30), India (9), Indonesia (30), Iran (19), Israel (2), Italy (90), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Nepal (5), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (11), Oman (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (42), Serbia (1), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (5), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Switzerland (5), Tajikistan (6), Thailand (4), Türkiye (40), Ukraine (9), United States (135: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, nevada)
• Permian of Indonesia (1)
Total: 623 collections including 1051 occurrences