HEPIALOIDEA
(swift moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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HEPIALIDAE
swift moths
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 5 subtaxa 86 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyHEPIALOIDEA (swift moths)
InfraorderExoporia (swift moths)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1983 Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae (vol 1) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 1, 343pp, Harley Books

HEPIALOIDEA (swift moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HEPIALOIDEA (swift moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HEPIALOIDEA (swift moths)
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