- Hepialoidea
Taxobox
name = Hepialoidea
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
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 oldBembridge 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]
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