Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Exoporia Phylum Arthropoda Rank Superfamily | Suborder Glossata Scientific name Hepialoidea Higher classification Exoporia Order Butterflies and moths | |
Lower classifications Ghost moth, Phymatopus | ||
The Hepialoidea are the superfamily of "ghost moths" and "swift moths".
Fossils
Fossil Hepialoidea appear to be few. Prohepialus (possibly Hepialidae) has been described from the about 35-million-year-old Bembridge marls of Isle of Wight. A mid-Miocene hepialoid fossil is also known from China.
References
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