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

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