Hepialoidea
| Hepialoidea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Exoporia |
| Superfamily: |
Hepialoidea Stephens, 1829 |
| Families | |
| Diversity | |
| 67 genera and at least 617 species | |
The Hepialoidea are the superfamily of "ghost moths" and "swift moths".
Fossil Hepialoidea appear to be few.Prohepialus (possibly Hepialidae) has been described from the about 35-million-year-old Bembridge marls of Isle of Wight. A mid-Miocene hepialoid fossil is also known from China.
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