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Superfamily Hepialoidea - Ghost Moths

Representative Images

22 Sthenopis auratus - Gold-spotted Ghost Moth - Sthenopis pretiosus unknown moth from northern Ontario - Sthenopis purpurascens 0031 Conifer Swift Moth #1 - Korscheltellus gracilis Gold-spotted Ghost Moth - Sthenopis pretiosus Gazoryctra mathewi Hepialidae: Gazoryctra novigannus - Gazoryctra novigannus moth - Korscheltellus gracilis orange, white & black moth - Gazoryctra pulcher
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Hepialoidea (Ghost Moths)

Remarks

One of the most successful of the homoneuran and more primitive lineages in terms of diversity. (1)

Works Cited

1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 March, 2006 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 18 March, 2016 - 10:34am

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