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Checklist for Superfamily Hepialoidea Stephens, 1829 (Ghost Moths)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
702
16115
70324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
12496
58285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
88
3391
13725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3386
13719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Exoporia
Dugdale, 1974
2
18
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hepialoidea
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths
2
18
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brazil
2 Families width 27 Species
Hepialidae Stephens, 1829Ghost Moths27SpeciesTaxom
Neotheoridae Kirstensen, 1978Amazonian Primitive Ghost Moths0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brazil
18 Genera with 27 Species
Aepytus Herrich-Schä..., 19294SpeciesTaxom
Alloaepytus Viette, 1952
0SpeciesTaxom
Aplatissa Viette, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Bipectilus Chu & Wang, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Dalaca Walker, 19148SpeciesTaxom
Druceiella Viette, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Hepialyxodes Viette, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamelliformia Viette, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom
Limyra C Mielke Del..., 20171SpeciesTaxom
Neotheora N.P. Kristensen, 1978
0SpeciesTaxom
Palpifer Hampson, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Pfitzneriana Viette, 1952
0SpeciesTaxom
Phassus Walker, 18565SpeciesTaxom
Phialuse Viette, 1961
0SpeciesTaxom
Roseala Viette, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Schaefferiana Viette, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Trichophassus Le Cerf, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Walkeriella C Mielke Gre..., 20191SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
27 Species
Aepytus (Xytrops) verresi (Schaus, 1929)⇒ Cibyra verresi Schaus, 1929
Aepytus guarani Pfitzner, 1914
Aepytus helga (Schaus, 1929)⇒ Cibyra helga Schaus, 1929
Aepytus munona (Schaus, 1929)⇒ Cibyra munona Schaus, 1929
Aplatissa michaelis Pfitzner, 1914
Aplatissa strangoides Viette, 1953
Bipectilus zhejiangensis L.Y. Wang, 2001
Dalaca chiriquensis Pfitzner, 1914
Dalaca guarani (Pfitzner, 1914)⇒ Aepytus guarani Pfitzner, 1914
Dalaca katharinae Pfitzner, 1914
Dalaca michaelis (Pfitzner, 1914)⇒ Bipectilus zhejiangensis L.Y. Wang, 2001
Dalaca mummia Schaus, 1892
Dalaca oreas Schaus, 1892
Dalaca prytanes Schaus, 1892
Dalaca tapuja (Pfitzner, 1914)⇒ Dysoptus acuminatus D.R. Davis, 2003
Druceiella amazonensis Viette, 1950
Limyra silvai Duarte, 2017
Palpifer pellicia Swinhoe, 1905
Phassus absyrtus Schaus, 1892
Phassus agrionides Walker, 1856
Phassus guianensis Schaus, 1940
Phassus pretiosus Herrich-Schä..., 1856
Phassus transversus Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Roseala bourgognei Viette, 1950
Schaefferiana epigramma Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Trichophassus giganteus Herrich-Schä..., 1853Zebra sole
Walkeriella miraculosa Mielke, Greh..., 2019

Subnodes of Hepialoidea with occurrences in Brazil
FamilyHepialidae
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths, Swift moths, Swifts
17
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNeotheoridae
Kirstensen, 1978
Amazonian Primitive Ghost Moths
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Hepialoidea at artfakta.se
Hepialoidea at dyntaxa.se
Hepialoidea at itis.gov