Hepialoidea

Taxobox
name = Hepialoidea
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Glossata
infraordo = Exoporia
superfamilia = Hepialoidea
superfamilia)authority = Stephens, 1829
diversity = 67 genera and at least 617 species
diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
*Anomosetidae
*Neotheoridae
*Prototheoridae
*Palaeosetidae
*Hepialidae

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

Fossils

Fossil Hepialoidea appear to be few [Kristensen, N. P. and Skalski, A.W. (1999). Phylogeny and paleontology. Pages 7-25 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York] . "Prohepialus" (possibly Hepialidae) has been described from the about 35 million year old Bembridge Marls of Isle of Wight [Jarzembowski, E.A. (1980). Fossil, insects from the Bembridge Marls, Palaeogene of the Isle of Wight, southern England. "Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Geology)", 33: 237-293.] . A mid-Miocene hepialoid fossil is also known from China [Zhang, J. (1989). "Fossil insects from Shanwung, Shandong, China." Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House.] .

Cited literature

Sources

* Kristensen, N. P.. (1999). The homoneurous Glossata. Pp. 51-63 In: Kristensen, N.P. (ed.), "Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography". Handbook of Zoology, volume 4 (35). Walter de Gruyter. Berlin, New York.
* [http://www.troplep.org/commndx.htm Common Name Index]

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Hepialidae Tree of Life]
* [http://www.sciencebuff.org/genera_and_species.php Hepialidae of the World - List of Genera and Links to Species]