The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.
Pierre E. L. Viette was a French entomologist. He attended university in Dijon during the German occupation of France in World War II and subsequently spent his entire career at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. He specialized in insect systematics, especially Lepidoptera. He had over 400 articles published.
Maculonaclia is a genus of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Ambia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Syllepte is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Epigynopteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Warren in 1895.
Ethmia is a large genus of small moths. It is the type genus of the gelechioid family Ethmiidae, which is sometimes included in Elachistidae or Oecophoridae as subfamily.
Gynoeryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968.
Metaleptina is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae.
Hervé de Toulgoët was a French entomologist. He specialised in Lepidoptera in the family Arctiidae. He also studied the beetle genus Carabus and moths of the family Zygaenidae. He was written about by Paul Thiaucourt and Jocelyne Navatte.
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths.
Mediophycis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1982. Its only species, Mediophycis attavella, was described by Pierre Viette in 1964. It is found in Madagascar.
Latoia is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844.
Pseudoceroprepes nosivolella is a species of snout moth.
The Stenomatinae are a subfamily of small moths in the family Depressariidae.
