Hepialoidea | |
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Phymatopus hecta | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Exoporia |
Superfamily: |
Hepialoidea Stephens, 1829 |
Families | |
Diversity | |
67 genera and at least 617 species |
The Hepialoidea are the superfamily of "ghost moths" and "swift moths". [1]
Fossil Hepialoidea appear to be few. [2] Prohepialus (possibly Hepialidae) has been described from the about 35-million-year-old Bembridge marls of Isle of Wight. [3] A mid- Miocene hepialoid fossil is also known from China. [4]
Hepialoidea | |
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Phymatopus hecta | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Exoporia |
Superfamily: |
Hepialoidea Stephens, 1829 |
Families | |
Diversity | |
67 genera and at least 617 species |
The Hepialoidea are the superfamily of "ghost moths" and "swift moths". [1]
Fossil Hepialoidea appear to be few. [2] Prohepialus (possibly Hepialidae) has been described from the about 35-million-year-old Bembridge marls of Isle of Wight. [3] A mid- Miocene hepialoid fossil is also known from China. [4]