Hepialoidea

moth superfamily

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annotated classification

  • white admiral
    In lepidopteran: Annotated classification

    Superfamily Hepialoidea 520 species; females with two genital openings; adult mouthparts reduced and nonfunctional, antennae very short. Family Hepialidae (swifts, or ghost moths) Almost 500 species found worldwide but chiefly in Australia and New Zealand; medium-size to very large moths, some brilliantly coloured;

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