Hepialoidea
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| Hepialoidea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Infraorder: | Exoporia |
| Superfamily: | Hepialoidea |
| Families | |
| Diversity | |
| 67 genera and at least 617 species | |
Hepialoidea is the superfamily of "ghost moths" and "swift moths". See Kristensen (1999) for a broad review.
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[edit] Fossils
Fossil Hepialoidea appear to be few.[1] Prohepialus (possibly Hepialidae) has been described from the about 35 million year old Bembridge Marls of Isle of Wight.[2] A mid-Miocene hepialoid fossil is also known from China.[3]
[edit] Cited literature
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zhang, J. (1989). Fossil insects from Shanwung, Shandong, China. Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House.
[edit] 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.
- Common Name Index
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