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Checklist of Superfamily Hepialoidea Stephens, 1829 (Ghost Moths)
for Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
612
8112
20932
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
611
8101
20891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
584
7978
20649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
377
6559
17970
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
76
1916
5172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
75
1910
5155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Exoporia
Dugdale, 1974
2
13
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hepialoidea
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths
2
13
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
2 Families width 70 Species
Hepialidae Stephens, 1829Ghost Moths60SpeciesTaxom
Prototheoridae Meyrick, 1917African Primitive Ghost Moths10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
13 Genera with 70 Species
Afrotheora Nielsen & Sc..., 19213SpeciesTaxom
Antihepialus Janse, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Cic1SpeciesTaxom
Dalaca Walker, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Eudalaca Viette, 193925SpeciesTaxom
Gorgopis Hübner, 188125SpeciesTaxom
Hepialus Fabricius, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Korscheltellus Börner, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Leto Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Metahepialus Janse, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Metatheora Meyrick, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Neoleto Eitschberger..., 20211SpeciesTaxom
Prototheora Meyrick, 192010SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
70 Species
Afrotheora minirhodaula E.S. Nielsen..., 1986
Afrotheora rhodaula Meyrick, 1926
Afrotheora thermodes Meyrick, 1921
Antihepialus antarcticus Wallengren, 1860
Antihepialus aurifaber (Felder, 1874)⇒ Antihepialus antarcticus Wallengren, 1860
Cic ferruginea
Eudalaca albiplumis Warren, 1914
Eudalaca ammon Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca amphiarma Meyrick, 1926
Eudalaca aurifuscalis Janse, 1942
Eudalaca cretata Distant, 1897
Eudalaca crossosema Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca crudeni Janse, 1942
Eudalaca eriogastra Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca exul Herrich-Schä..., 1853Zebra sole
Eudalaca hololeuca Hampson, 1910Yellowfinned leatherjacket
Eudalaca homoterma Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca ibex Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca krooni Mey, 2019
Eudalaca leucocyma Hampson, 1910Yellowfinned leatherjacket
Eudalaca leucophaea Janse, 1919
Eudalaca metaleuca Hampson, 1910
Eudalaca minuscula Janse, 1942
Eudalaca nomaqua Walker, 1856
Eudalaca orthocosma Janse, 1942
Eudalaca rivula Janse, 1942
Eudalaca semicanus Janse, 1919
Eudalaca troglodytis Janse, 1919
Eudalaca tumidifascia Hampson, 1910
Eudalaca vindex Meyrick, 1939
Gorgopis angustiptera Janse, 1948
Gorgopis armillata Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis auratilis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis aurifuscata Janse, 1942
Gorgopis butlerii Dewitz, 1881
Gorgopis caffra Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Gorgopis centaurica Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis cochlias Janse, 1942
Gorgopis crudeni Janse, 1919
Gorgopis fuscalis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis grisescens Gaede, 1930
Gorgopis hunti Janse, 1942
Gorgopis inornata Janse, 1942
Gorgopis intervallata Warren, 1914
Gorgopis leucopetala Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis libania Stoll, 1781
Gorgopis limbopunctata Gaede, 1930
Gorgopis olivaceonotata Warren, 1914
Gorgopis petersburgensis Mey, 2019
Gorgopis pholidota Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis ptiloscelis Meyrick, 1919
Gorgopis serangota Janse, 1942
Gorgopis subrimosa Janse, 1942
Gorgopis voljoenorum Mey, 2019
Gorgopis zellerii Dewitz, 1881
Korscheltellus gracilis Grote, 1865Conifer Swift
Leto venus Cramer, 1780
Metahepialus plurimaculata Warren, 1914
Metahepialus xenoctenis Meyrick, 1926
Metatheora corvifera (Meyrick, 1920)⇒ Prototheora corvifera Meyrick, 1920
Neoleto stevei Eitschberger..., 2021
Prototheora biserrata D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora cooperi Janse, 1942
Prototheora corvifera Meyrick, 1920
Prototheora geniculata D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora merga D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora monoglossa Meyrick, 1924
Prototheora petrosema Meyrick, 1917
Prototheora quadricornis Meyrick, 1920
Prototheora serruligera Meyrick, 1920

Subnodes of Hepialoidea with occurrences in Cape
FamilyHepialidae
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths, Swift moths, Swifts
11
60
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPrototheoridae
Meyrick, 1917
African Primitive Ghost Moths
2
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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