Hepialidae

The Hepialidae are one of Mite S which counts approximately 500 S throughout the world. The majority of the species present a fort sexual Dimorphisme: the males are in general smaller but larger than the females. swifts gold ghost moths . -->

One regards this family as primitive with many structural differences compared to the other mites, for example of very short antenna S and the absence of Proboscis or Frenulum.

The Larve S nourish various manners: some nourish sheets, others nourish underground root S and others are nourished inside the stem or of the trunk of their feeder plant. Diptera than other moth gold Butterfly larvae. --> the female does not lay its eggs at a specific place but disperses them during its flight (diffusion), sometimes in enormous quantities (more 10  000 of only one female in certain species).

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It is about the S:

  • Abantiades

  • Aenetus
  • Afrotheora
  • Andeabatis
  • Antihepialus
  • Aoraia
  • Aplatissa
  • Bipectilis
  • Blanchardina
  • Bordaia
  • Calada
  • Callipielus
  • Cibyra
  • Cladoxycanus
  • Dalaca
  • Dioxycanus
  • Druceiella
  • Dumbletonius
  • Elhamma
  • Endoclita
  • Eudalaca
  • Fraus
  • Gazoryctra
  • Gorgopis
  • Heloxycanus
  • Hepialiscus
  • Hepialus
  • Jeana
  • Korscheltellus
  • Leto
  • Metahepialus
  • Napialus
  • Neohepialiscus
  • Oncopera
  • Oxycanus
  • Palpifer
  • Parahepialiscus
  • Pfitzneriana
  • Pfitzneriella
  • Pharmacis
  • Phassodes
  • Phassus
  • Phialuse
  • Phymatopus
  • Puermytrans
  • Roseala
  • Schausiana
  • Sthenopis
  • Thitarodes
  • Trichophassus
  • Trictena
  • Triodia
  • Wiseana
  • Xhoaphryx
  • Zelotypia
  • Zenophassus

Principal species européennes with compléter

The following species are present in Europe:

  • Gazoryctra

    • Gazoryctra fuscoargentea - septentrional Scandinavia
    • Gazoryctra ganna - the Alps, septentrional Scandinavia, septentrional Russia
  • Hepialus
    • Hepialus humuli Linné - Hépiale of the hop - Europe
    • Hepialus lupulinus
  • Korscheltellus
    • Korscheltellus lupulina - Europe
    • Korscheltellus_lupulinus - Willows -
  • Pharmacis
    • Pharmacis aemiliana - Italy
    • Pharmacis anselminae - Italy
    • Pharmacis bertrandi - France
    • Pharmacis carna - Central and Eastern Europe
    • Pharmacis castillana - Spain
    • Pharmacis claudiae - Italy
    • Pharmacis fusconebulosa - Europe
    • Pharmacis pyrenaica - the Pyrenees
  • Phymatopus
    • Phymatopus hecta - Central and septentrional Europe
  • Triodia

See too

  • Gallery of visual identification

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