Hepialoidea

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Hepialoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Glossata Infraorder: Exoporia Superfamily: Hepialoidea
Diversity
about 544 species
Families
Palaeosetidae Prototheoridae Neotheoridae Anomosetidae Hepialidae

Hepialoidea is the superfamily of ghost and swift moths. See Kristensen (1999) for a broad review.

[edit] Sources

• Kristensen, N. P., 1999. The homoneurous Glossata. - In: Kristensen, N.P. (ed.), Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie 4 (35): 51-63. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin, New York.

[edit] Sources

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

[edit] Links

• Tree of Life
• Hepialidae of the World - List of Genera and Links to Species

Arthropoda - Insecta - Superfamilies of Lepidoptera

Butterflies: - Hedyloidea - Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Moths: - Acanthopteroctetoidea - Agathiphagoidea - Alucitoidea - Andesianoidea - Axioidea - Bombycoidea - Calliduloidea - Choreutoidea - Copromorphoidea - Cossoidea - Drepanoidea - Epermenioidea - Eriocranioidea - Galacticoidea - Gelechioidea - Geometroidea - Gracillarioidea - Hepialoidea - Heterobathmioidea - Hyblaeoidea - Immoidea - Incurvarioidea - Lasiocampoidea - Lophocoronoidea - Micropterigoidea - Mimallonoidea - Mnesarchaeoidea - Neopseustoidea - Nepticuloidea - Noctuoidea - Palaephatoidea - Pterophoroidea - Pyraloidea - Schreckensteinioidea - Sesioidea - Simaethistoidea - Thyridoidea - Tineoidea - Tischerioidea - Tortricoidea - Urodoidea - Whalleyanoidea - Yponomeutoidea - Zygaenoidea