Family Hepialidae Stephens 1829 (moth)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Hepialidae
Full reference: J. F. Stephens. 1829. The Nomenclature of British Insects: Being a Compendious List of such Species as are Contained in the Systematic Catalogue of British Insects and Forming a Guide to their Classification 1-68
Parent taxon: Hepialoidea according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also van Nieukerken et al. 2011 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxon: Mnesarchaeidae
Subtaxa: Sthenopis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)