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Checklist of Superfamily Hepialoidea Stephens, 1829 (Ghost Moths)
for Eastern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
445
4424
8617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
444
4419
8607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
421
4334
8472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
282
3735
7621
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
66
1240
2594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
65
1238
2590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Exoporia
Dugdale, 1974
2
7
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hepialoidea
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths
2
7
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Eastern Cape
2 Families width 39 Species
Hepialidae Stephens, 1829Ghost Moths36SpeciesTaxom
Prototheoridae Meyrick, 1917African Primitive Ghost Moths3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Eastern Cape
7 Genera with 39 Species
Afrotheora Nielsen & Sc..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Antihepialus Janse, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Eudalaca Viette, 191918SpeciesTaxom
Gorgopis Hübner, 201914SpeciesTaxom
Leto Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Metahepialus Janse, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Prototheora Meyrick, 19204SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Cape
39 Species
Afrotheora thermodes Meyrick, 1921
Antihepialus antarcticus Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca albiplumis Warren, 1914
Eudalaca ammon Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca amphiarma Meyrick, 1926
Eudalaca aurifuscalis Janse, 1942
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 krooni Mey, 2019
Eudalaca leucophaea Janse, 1919
Eudalaca metaleuca Hampson, 1910
Eudalaca minuscula Janse, 1942
Eudalaca nomaqua Walker, 1856
Eudalaca rivula Janse, 1942
Eudalaca semicanus Janse, 1919
Eudalaca troglodytis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis armillata Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis auratilis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis aurifuscata Janse, 1942
Gorgopis centaurica Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis crudeni Janse, 1919
Gorgopis fuscalis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis hunti Janse, 1942
Gorgopis inornata Janse, 1942
Gorgopis intervallata Warren, 1914
Gorgopis leucopetala Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis petersburgensis Mey, 2019
Gorgopis pholidota Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis ptiloscelis Meyrick, 1919
Gorgopis voljoenorum Mey, 2019
Leto venus Cramer, 1780
Metahepialus plurimaculata Warren, 1914
Prototheora biserrata D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora cooperi Janse, 1942
Prototheora corvifera Meyrick, 1920

Subnodes of Hepialoidea with occurrences in Eastern Cape
FamilyHepialidae
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths, Swift moths, Swifts
6
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPrototheoridae
Meyrick, 1917
African Primitive Ghost Moths
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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