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Hepialidae

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Hepialidae

Taxonomy
Hepialidae was named by Stephens (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lepidoptera by Zhang (1989); and to Hepialoidea by van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Hepialidae Stephens p. 39
1989Hepialidae Zhang p. 420
2011Hepialidae van Nieukerken et al. p. 213
2012Hepialidae Sohn et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderExoporiaDugdale 1974
superfamilyHepialoidea
familyHepialidae
familyHepialidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Hepialidae Stephens 1829
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G. Sthenopis Packard 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available