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Taxonomic composition and monophyly of the genus Magnificus (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea: Hepialidae).

Zootaxa, 2021
The genus Magnificus Yan, 2000 was originally established to include M. jiuzhiensis Yan, 2000 and M. zhiduoensis Yan, 2000. Here we also include the species M. bouvieri (Oberthür, 1913) comb. n., M. dirschi (Bang-Haas, 1939) comb. n., M.
J. Grehan, C. Mielke, J. Minet, Nikolai Ignatev, U. Buchsbaum, D. Xue   +5 more
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Morphological and histological observations on the hair brush of Endoclita vietnamensis (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae)

Microscopy Research and Technique
The most prominent insect pest harming eucalyptus trees in China was Endoclita vietnamensis, which resulted in considerable losses to the environment and economy. This study examined the hair brush on the postpedes of male E.
Jiaxin Liu, Xiao Chen, Ping Hu
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Enigmatic tube-web construction by Gorgopis Hübner ghost moth larvae in South Africa (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)

Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 2023
A partially damaged male imago reared from a larva feeding on Eragrostis curvula (Poaceae) was identified as a species of Gorgopis. Adult and immature stages of the reared specimen are illustrated. The larva lives within a tunnel in the soil.
J. Grehan, Nikolai Ignatev, Sally D. Adam, C. Mielke, R. Yakovlev   +4 more
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Immulectin-2 from the ghost moth, Thitarodes xiaojinensis (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), modulates cellular and humoral responses against fungal infection.

Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 2022
C type-lectins constitute a large family of pattern recognition receptors, playing important roles in insect immune defenses. Thitarodes xiaojinensis larvae showed distinct immune features after Ophiocordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps militaris, or Beauveria ...
Pei-pei Wu, Ruihao Shu, Xinyong Gao, Miaomiao Li, Jihong Zhang, Huan Zhang, Q. Qin, Z. Zou, Q. Meng   +8 more
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Identification based on morphological and molecular characters of Phassus huebneri (Geyer) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), a ghost moth feeding on blackberry in Michoacán, Mexico: its biology and parasitoids.

Zootaxa, 2022
Larvae of an unidentified Lepidopteran hepialid were found boring stems and crown roots of blackberry (Rubus sp.) in Michoacán, Mexico. In this study, the morphological and molecular identification of larvae and adults of this insect was performed ...
Blanca A. ESQUIVEL-AYALA, A. Martínez, Norma Zamora, Selene Ramos-Ortiz, C. Mielke, J. Figueroa, H. Silva-Rojas, Á. Rebollar-Alviter, J. Valdez, S. Pineda   +9 more
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Two new species of Western Australian Abantiades Herrich-Schffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and a description of the female of Abantiades paradoxa (Tindale).

Zootaxa, 2022
Two new species, Abantiades concordia sp. nov. and Abantiades malleus sp. nov., are described from Australia. Both species were collected in the Eastern Goldfields subregion of the Coolgardie bioregion in Western Australia. Abantiades concordia sp.
M. D. Moore, E. Beaver, T. Bradford, P. Hutchinson, P. Kay, N. Temby, H. Hamon, M. Stevens   +7 more
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Larval feeding habits of the Hepialidae (Lepidoptera)

Journal of Natural History, 1989
The host-plant relationships of the Hepialidae are discussed in relation to host range and larval tunnelling behaviour. Larvae are mostly phytophagous on live angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes and mosses. Generally they specialize as feeders of leaf, stem/branch or root tissue, but dietary transitions from leaf to stem and root to stem occur in ...
exaly   +2 more sources

Two new endemic species of emAbantiades/em Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Kangaroo Island, Australia.

Zootaxa, 2021
Abantiades penneshawensis Moore Beaver sp. nov. and Abantiades rubrus Moore Beaver sp. nov. are described as new. Both species are endemic to Kangaroo Island, and although both are related to species that occur on the Australian mainland and other ...
M. D. Moore, E. Beaver, Alejandro Velasco-Castrillón, M. Stevens   +3 more
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Review of the genus Cibyra Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea: Hepialidae) with descriptions of twenty-four new species from Brazil and Argentina.

Zootaxa
The genus Cibyra Walker, 1856 is reviewed. The following species are described as new from Brazil: Cibyra agnes sp. nov., C. alina sp. nov., C. babi sp. nov., C. barbara sp. nov., C. bruna sp. nov., C. clara sp. nov. C. claudia sp. nov., C.
C. Mielke, J. Grehan, R. Koike
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Four new species of Aenetus Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from eastern Indonesia, with comment on distributional correlation with Gondwana tectonics.

Zootaxa
Four new Aenetus species and geographic records are presented for islands of eastern Indonesia: A. porlovi sp. nov. from Lomblen (= Palu Lembata) Island in the Solor Archipelago, A. degroofi sp. nov.
J. Grehan, C. Mielke, Nikolai Ignatev, Benny DE Groof, R. Yakovlev, Mark A. Klingler   +5 more
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