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Swift Moths
Hepialidae
The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first

Triodia
genusTriodia

Korscheltellus
genusKorscheltellus

Abantiades
genusAbantiades

Porina
genusWiseana

Oxycanus
genusOxycanus

Splendid Ghost Moths
genusAenetus

Elhamma
genusElhamma

Hepialus
genusHepialus

Sthenopis
genusSthenopis

Phymatopus
genusPhymatopus

Primitive Ghost Moths
genusFraus

Gazoryctra
genusGazoryctra

Endoclita
genusEndoclita

Corbies
genusOncopera

Eudalaca
genusEudalaca

Phassus
genusPhassus

Forest Porina
genusDumbletonius

Pharmacis
genusPharmacis

Druceiella
genusDruceiella

Great Ghost Moths
genusAoraia

Gorgopis
genusGorgopis

Cladoxycanus
genusCladoxycanus

Palpifer
genusPalpifer

Silverspotted Ghosts
genusLeto

Trichophassus
genusTrichophassus

Pseudodalaca
genusPseudodalaca

Callipielus
genusCallipielus

Hampsoniella
genusHampsoniella

Andeabatis
genusAndeabatis

Pfitzneriana
genusPfitzneriana

Cibyra
genusCibyra

Gymelloxes
genusGymelloxes

Tricladia
genusTricladia

Alpine Porina
genusDioxycanus

Vietteogorgopis
genusVietteogorgopis

Dalaca
genusDalaca

Zenophassus
genusZenophassus

Zelotypia
genusZelotypia

Jeana
genusJeana

Walkeriella
genusWalkeriella

Heloxycanus
genusHeloxycanus

Schaefferiana
genusSchaefferiana

Roseala
genusRoseala

Metahepialus
genusMetahepialus

Phialuse
genusPhialuse

Philoenia
genusPhiloenia

Hepialiscus
genusHepialiscus

Pseudophassus
genusPseudophassus

Phassodes
genusPhassodes

Parapielus
genusParapielus

Aepytus
genusAepytus

Thitarodes
genusThitarodes

Puermytrans
genusPuermytrans

Napialus
genusNapialus

Antihepialus
genusAntihepialus

Alloaepytus
genusAlloaepytus

Afrotheora
genusAfrotheora

Schausiana
genusSchausiana

Bipectilus
genusBipectilus

Wallacella
genusWallacella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Hepialidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53783.