| Pfitzneriana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Pfitzneriana Viette, 1952 |
| Species | |
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Pfitzneriana is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are four described species, all found in South America.
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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.
The ghost moth or ghost swift is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is common throughout Europe, except for in the far south-east.
Aenetus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 24 described species found in Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. Most species have green or blue forewings and reddish hindwings, but some are predominantly brown or white. The larvae feed in the trunks of living trees, burrowing horizontally into the trunk, then vertically down.
The Hepialoidea are the superfamily of "ghost moths" and "swift moths".
Cibyra is a genus of moths of the family Hepalidae. There are 50 described species, found throughout Central and South America.
Dalaca is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 23 described species found throughout South America as far north as Panama. The larvae feed on grasses.
The gold swift is a moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. Until recently it was placed in the genus Hepialus. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is a widespread species of Europe, its distribution following that of its food plant, bracken.
Cibyra fasslii is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.
Cibyra saguanmachica is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.
Cibyra thisbe is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.
Cibyra trilinearis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.
Dalaca manoa is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.
Dalaca perkeo is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.
Acrolophus tapuja is a species of moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Colombia and southern Brazil.
Dalaca usaque is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.
Pfitzneriana allura is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Bolivia.
Pfitzneriana olivescens is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Colombia and Bolivia.
Pfitzneriana prosopus is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1901. It is found in Colombia.
Pfitzneriana vogli is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Venezuela.
Sthenopis pretiosus, the gold-spotted ghost moth, is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It can be found in found Brazil, Venezuela and in the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.