Thitarodes

Taxobox
name = "Thitarodes"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hepialidae
genus = "Thitarodes"
genus_authority = Viette, 1968
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Thitarodes" is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 48 described species found in eastern Asia. The majority are restricted to the Tibetan Plateau. Caterpillars of this genus are the hosts to the parasitic fungus "Cordyceps sinensis", which is highly prized by practitioners of Chinese medicine and traditional herbal Folk medicines where it is known as Yarchagumba or the Vegetable caterpillar.

pecies

*"Thitarodes albipictus" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes anomopterus" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes arizanus" - Taiwan
*"Thitarodes armoricanus" - China (Tibet Autonomous Region)
*"Thitarodes baimaensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes baqingensis" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes callinivalis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes cingulatus" - China (Gansu)
*"Thitarodes damxungensis" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes danieli" - Nepal
*"Thitarodes dierli" - Nepal
*"Thitarodes dongyuensis" - China
*"Thitarodes eberti" - Nepal
*"Thitarodes ferrugineus" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes gonggaensis" - China (Sichuan)
*"Thitarodes jialangensis" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes jianchuanensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes jinshanensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes kangdingensis" - China (Sichuan)
*"Thitarodes kangdingroides" - China (Kangding area, Sichuan)
*"Thitarodes lijiangensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes litangensis" - China (Sichuan)
*"Thitarodes luquensis" - China (Gansu)
*"Thitarodes malaisei" - Myanmar
*"Thitarodes markamensis" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes meiliensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes menyuanicus" - China (Qinghai)
*"Thitarodes nebulosus" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes nipponennsis" - Japan
*"Thitarodes oblifurcus" - China (Qinghai)
*"Thitarodes pratensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes renzhiensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes richthofeni" - China
*"Thitarodes sichuanus" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes sinarabesca" - China
*"Thitarodes varians" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes variabilis" - Far east of Russia
*"Thitarodes varius" - Far east of Russia
*"Thitarodes xiangensis" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes xunhuaensis" - China (Qinghai)
*"Thitarodes yeriensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes yulongensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes yunglongensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes yunnanensis" - China (Yunnan)
*"Thitarodes zaliensis" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes zhangmoensis" - China (Xinjiang)
*"Thitarodes zhayuensis" - China (Tibet AR)
*"Thitarodes zhongzhiensis" - China (Yunnan)

External links

* [http://www.sciencebuff.org/genera_and_species.php Hepialidae genera]