Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 percent of the total described species of living organisms. It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world. The Lepidoptera show many variations of the basic body structure that have evolved to gain advantages in lifestyle and distribution. Recent estimates suggest the order may have more species than earlier thought, and is among the four most species-rich orders, along with the Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera.
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies and neither subordinate taxa are used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their agile and sustained flying ability, similar enough to that of hummingbirds as to be reliably mistaken for them. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight. The family was named by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe and Maria Alma Solis retain the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.
Palustris is a Latin word meaning "swampy" or "marshy", and may refer to:
Chibidokuga is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Shōnen Matsumura in 1933.
Hypenodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Henry Doubleday in 1850.
Translatix is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Emilio Berio in 1991. The type species of the genus is Hypenodes kalchbergiStaudinger, 1876.
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.
Hypenodes humidalis, the marsh oblique-barred, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Doubleday in 1850. It is found in most of Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia.
Hypenodes anatolica is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Leo Schwingenschuss in 1938. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Turkey.
Hypenodes fractilinea, the broken-line hypenodes, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was described by John B. Smith in 1908. It is found from Nova Scotia south to North Carolina, west across Canada to Alberta. The habitat consists of mixed wood and deciduous woodland.
Hypenodes franclemonti is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1954. It is found in North America, including Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Quebec.
Hypenodes kalchbergi is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1876. It is found in Slovenia, the former Yugoslavia and on Sicily.
Hypenodes orientalis is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1901. It is found in Turkey, the Near East, Armenia and the southern Caucasus.
Hypenodes palustris is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1954. It is found in North America, including Alaska, Maryland, Minnesota, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Wisconsin.
Hypenodes sombrus is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1954. It is found in Canada from Nova Scotia to western Alberta. The habitat consists of bogs, cattail marshes, dry pine and other woodlands.
The Hypenodinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. Adult moths of most species of this subfamily lack small, simple eyes near the large, compound eyes and have quadrifine (four-veined) hindwing cells. The micronoctuid moths are an exception because they possess simple eyes and bifine (two-veined) hindwing cells.
