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Taxonomy of Family Drepanidae Meyrick, 1895
Drepanids, False Owlet Moths, Hook Tip Moths, Hook-tip moths, Hooktip and False Owlet Moths, Hooktip Moths, Sicklefishes


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Drepanoidea
Boisduval, 1828
False Owlet Moths, Hook tip moths, Hooktip, Moths
2
223
2768
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyDrepanidae
Meyrick, 1895
Drepanids, False Owlet Moths, Hook Tip Moths, Sicklefishes
223
2768
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Drepanidae Meyrick, 1895
SubfamilyCyclidiinae
Warren, 1922
4
50
Genera
Species
SubfamilyDrepaninae
Boisduval, 1828
Hooktip Moths
92
1552
Genera
Species
SubfamilyNidarinae
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyOretinae
Waterhouse, 2008
  ⇒ Drepaninae
6
13
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPolyplocinae
Werny, 1966
Polyplocine Moths
8
122
Genera
Species
SubfamilyThyatirinae
Smith, 1893
False Owlet Moths
48
827
Genera
Species
GenusAchyla
2Species
GenusAethiopsestis
Watson, 1965
5Species
GenusAlbaria
Walker, 1866
0Species
GenusAuaztellodes
1Species
GenusBaipsestis
Matsumura, 1933
2Species
GenusBaryphanes
Turner, 1933
  ⇒ Hypsidia
2Species
GenusCeropacha
Stephens, 1829
0Species
GenusCyclogaurena
Houlbert, 1921
  ⇒ Gaurena
1Species
GenusCymatochrocis
Hübner, 1816
  ⇒ Miothyatira
1Species
GenusCymotrix
Gaede in Seitz, 1930
  ⇒ Habrona
4Species
GenusDarumona
Strand, 1935
  ⇒ Achlya
1Species
GenusDeilinea
Holland, 1893
3Species
GenusDeroea
Pagenstecher, 1909
0Species
GenusDrepania
Hübner, 1819
1Species
GenusDryopteris
Grote, 1862
  ⇒ Mimoreta
Wood Ferns, Woodfern
1Species
GenusEggersia
Sick, 1938
  ⇒ Eggersops
2Species
GenusEggersops
Fletcher, 1979
  ⇒ Hypsidia
1Species
GenusEideilinia
0Species
GenusEpisestis
1Species
GenusEudeilinea
Gaede, 1931
  ⇒ Eudeilinia
1Species
GenusEutethia
Grote, 1902
0Species
GenusFormotogaria
Matsumura, 1933
  ⇒ Psidopala
1Species
GenusGriseogaurena
Houlbert, 1921
  ⇒ Gaurena
1Species
GenusHaplothyatira
Marumo, 1916
  ⇒ Melanocraspes
4Species
GenusHoloreta
Warren, 1902
3Species
GenusHylophila
Stephens, 1829
  ⇒ Hylephila
9Species
GenusHypsomadius
Walker, 1855
  ⇒ Mimoreta
2Species
GenusIridrepana
Warren in Seitz, 1922
7Species
GenusKonjikia
Nagano, 1917
0Species
GenusLacinia
Grote, 1863
1Species
GenusLeucobrepsis
Warren, 1922
2Species
GenusMelanocraspes
Marumo, 1916
  ⇒ Haplothyatira
4Species
GenusMicrocilix
2Species
GenusMicrothyatira
Werny, 1966
  ⇒ Nemacerota
1Species
GenusMicrothytira
0Species
GenusMimoreta
Walker, 1855
  ⇒ Psiloreta
1Species
GenusMonothyatira
Werny, 1966
  ⇒ Euthyatira
1Species
GenusNeochropacha
Inoue, 1982
  ⇒ Horipsestis
0Species
GenusNeogaurena
Roepke, 1944
  ⇒ Takapsestis
1Species
GenusNeopsestis
Matsumura, 1921
  ⇒ Sugiploca
0Species
GenusNordstroemia
Bryk, 1943
1Species
GenusNordströmia
Bryk, 1943
0Species
GenusOretella
Strand, 1916
0Species
GenusPalaeodrepana
Inoue, 1962
3Species
GenusPalimpsestis
Ochsenheimer, 1816
  ⇒ Episaronaga
51Species
GenusParpsestis
3Species
GenusPersiscota
Grote, 1895
0Species
GenusPhalacropsis
Casey, 1890
  ⇒ Liocrops
5Species
GenusPlusinia
Gaede, 1930
2Species
GenusPrionia
Hübner, 1819
15Species
GenusProcampsis
Warren, 1923
1Species
GenusProtothyris
Warren in Seitz, 1922
  ⇒ Trotothyris
0Species
GenusPsidopaloides
Houlbert, 1921
  ⇒ Psidopala
3Species
GenusPsiloreta
Walker, 1855
  ⇒ Mimoreta
22Species
GenusRhamphoreta
Bryk, 1943
  ⇒ Mimoreta
1Species
GenusSaronaga
Moore, 1881
  ⇒ Episaronaga
18Species
GenusSoptha
0Species
GenusSugiploca
Matsumura, 1921
  ⇒ Neopsestis
1Species
GenusSuzupsestis
Matsumura, 1933
1Species
GenusSyssaura
Hübner, 1819
1Species
GenusTethella
1Species
GenusTicilia
Walker, 1865
1Species
GenusTogaria
Matsumura, 1921
  ⇒ Nemacerota
3Species
GenusTomocerota
Matsumura, 1921
1Species
GenusYucilix
Yang, 1978
1Species

Synonyms
Thyatiridae (Blake, 1936)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Drepanidae
GermanEulenspinner, Sichelflügler, Sichelspinner, Wollrückenspinner
EnglishDrepanids, False Owlet Moths, Hook Tip Moths, Hook-tip moths, Hooktip and False Owlet Moths, Hooktip Moths, Sicklefishes
DutchEenstaartjes
DanishSeglvinger
SwedishSikelvingar
FinnishSirppisiivet, Villaselät
NorwegianSigdvinger


Distribution and Species lists of Drepanidae Meyrick, 1895
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Afghanistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Albania
7 Genera  6 Species
Algeria
3 Genera  2 Species
Andorra
9 Genera  10 Species
Angola
4 Genera  3 Species
Antigua and Barbuda
1 Genus  1 Species
Argentina
2 Genera  1 Species
Australia
18 Genera  17 Species
Austria
15 Genera  17 Species
Azerbaijan
4 Genera  5 Species
Belarus
11 Genera  13 Species
Belgium
14 Genera  19 Species
Bhutan
4 Genera  3 Species
Bolivia
1 Genus  1 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 Genera  11 Species
Brazil
5 Genera  2 Species
Bulgaria
9 Genera  12 Species
Cambodia
5 Genera  4 Species
Cameroon
9 Genera  30 Species
Canada
17 Genera  28 Species
Central African Republic
6 Genera  10 Species
Chile
1 Genus  0 Species
China
60 Genera  173 Species
Colombia
4 Genera  3 Species
Comoros
2 Genera  1 Species
Costa Rica
1 Genus  1 Species
Croatia
9 Genera  11 Species
Cuba
1 Genus  0 Species
Cyprus
5 Genera  5 Species
Czech Republic
12 Genera  16 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 Genera  24 Species
Denmark
14 Genera  16 Species
East Timor
1 Genus  2 Species
Ecuador
2 Genera  3 Species
Equatorial Guinea
1 Genus  2 Species
Estonia
11 Genera  12 Species
Ethiopia
1 Genus  1 Species
Finland
12 Genera  16 Species
France
20 Genera  26 Species
Gabon
6 Genera  12 Species
Gambia
1 Genus  2 Species
Georgia
5 Genera  7 Species
Germany
20 Genera  26 Species
Ghana
7 Genera  14 Species
Greece
13 Genera  16 Species
Guatemala
1 Genus  1 Species
Guinea
2 Genera  5 Species
Honduras
1 Genus  1 Species
Hungary
13 Genera  16 Species
Iceland
6 Genera  8 Species
India
54 Genera  128 Species
Indonesia
34 Genera  62 Species
Iran
5 Genera  9 Species
Ireland
10 Genera  12 Species
Israel
1 Genus  1 Species
Italy
16 Genera  22 Species
Ivory Coast
7 Genera  18 Species
Jamaica
1 Genus  0 Species
Japan
47 Genera  88 Species
Kenya
4 Genera  4 Species
Laos
1 Genus  2 Species
Latvia
11 Genera  13 Species
Lebanon
4 Genera  3 Species
Liberia
3 Genera  3 Species
Liechtenstein
9 Genera  9 Species
Lithuania
11 Genera  12 Species
Luxembourg
12 Genera  15 Species
Madagascar
14 Genera  30 Species
Malawi
3 Genera  3 Species
Malaysia
31 Genera  62 Species
Mauritius
6 Genera  5 Species
Mexico
2 Genera  2 Species
Mongolia
2 Genera  2 Species
Morocco
5 Genera  5 Species
Mozambique
1 Genus  1 Species
Myanmar
15 Genera  20 Species
Namibia
1 Genus  1 Species
Nepal
31 Genera  70 Species
Netherlands
15 Genera  18 Species
New Zealand
2 Genera  1 Species
Niger
2 Genera  2 Species
Nigeria
7 Genera  23 Species
Niue
1 Genus  1 Species
North Korea
4 Genera  4 Species
Norway
15 Genera  17 Species
Oman
1 Genus  1 Species
Pakistan
4 Genera  4 Species
Panama
1 Genus  1 Species
Papua New Guinea
7 Genera  10 Species
Philippines
14 Genera  14 Species
Poland
13 Genera  15 Species
Portugal
8 Genera  7 Species
Republic South Africa
12 Genera  14 Species
Romania
14 Genera  17 Species
Russia
29 Genera  51 Species
Saint Kitts and Nevis
3 Genera  3 Species
San Marino
3 Genera  3 Species
Senegal
1 Genus  1 Species
Serbia
6 Genera  5 Species
Seychelles
1 Genus  0 Species
Sierra Leone
5 Genera  9 Species
Singapore
4 Genera  5 Species
Slovakia
13 Genera  16 Species
Slovenia
14 Genera  17 Species
Solomon Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
South Korea
22 Genera  39 Species
Spain
15 Genera  18 Species
Sri Lanka
10 Genera  14 Species
Sweden
20 Genera  26 Species
Switzerland
13 Genera  16 Species
Taiwan
52 Genera  133 Species
Tajikistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Tanzania
6 Genera  5 Species
Thailand
21 Genera  30 Species
Togo
2 Genera  2 Species
Turkey
12 Genera  19 Species
Uganda
6 Genera  18 Species
Ukraine
13 Genera  16 Species
United Kingdom
20 Genera  27 Species
USA
22 Genera  45 Species
Uzbekistan
2 Genera  2 Species
Vietnam
15 Genera  28 Species
Zambia
4 Genera  4 Species
Zimbabwe
3 Genera  5 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Links, sources and further information
Drepanidae at artfakta.se
Drepanidae at dyntaxa.se
Drepanidae at gbif.org
Drepanidae at irmng.org
Drepanidae at itis.gov