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Hepialidae

Grehan, John R.;Mielke, Carlos G. C.

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Hepialidae

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Also known as ghost moths

The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyHepialidae
Observations recorded560,320

Тонкопряды (Hepialidae) — семейство бабочек, которое относится к надсемейству Hepialoidea, инфраотряду Exoporia, подотряду Хоботковые (лат. Glossata). Крылья у тонкопрядов продолговатой формы, все почти одинаковой длины и с одинаковым числом жилок (12); по своему жилкованию и также по некоторым другим особенностям организации тонкопряды относятся к наиболее низко организованным бабочкам. Во время покоя крылья лежат крестообразно; голени ног без шпор; хоботок очень короткий и недоразвитый, так что бабочки совершенно не принимают пищи; усики очень маленькие, чётковидные; глазки отсутствуют.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
227
With media
15
Family
Hepialidae
Collections
UAM, GMNH, MSU, YPM, USNM, SDNHM
Recorded in
United States, Honduras, Slovenia, South Africa, Indonesia, Peru
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy and systematics
  • Morphology and identification
  • Distribution
  • Behaviour
  • Biology
  • Economic significance
  • Phylogeny
  • Faunas
  • Fauna of Europe
  • Generic checklist
  • Cited literature
  • References
  • External links

The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.

==Taxonomy and systematics== The Hepialidae constitute by far the most diverse group of the infraorder Exoporia. The 82 genera contain at least 700 currently recognised species of these moths worldwide. The genera Fraus (endemic to Australia), Gazoryctra (Holarctic), Afrotheora (Southern African), and Antihepialus (African) are considered to be among the most basal, containing four genera and about 51 species with a mostly relictual southern Gondwanan distribution and are currently separated from the Hepialidae sensu stricto which might form a natural, derived group. The most diverse genera are Oxycanus with 78 species, Endoclita with 78 species, and Thitarodes with 80 species following a comprehensive catalogue of Exoporia. The relationships of the many genera are not yet well established; see below for an ordered synonymic generic checklist, and the Taxobox for navigation.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hepialidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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