| Thitarodes namnai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Thitarodes |
| Species: | T. namnai |
| Binomial name | |
| Thitarodes namnai Maczey, in Maczey et al., 2010 | |
Thitarodes namnai is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Bhutan. [1]
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.
Thitarodes is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. In English Thitarodes is known as "ghost moth". They are found in eastern Asia. The majority are restricted to the Tibetan Plateau. Often in Chinese entomological nomenclature Thitarodes is still referred to as Hepialus, although the name was changed back in 1968. Furthermore, some authors use incorrectly the term "bat moth" which is a bad translation of the Chinese term for ghost moth.
Thitarodes albipictus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by D.R. Yang in 1993, and is known from Yunnan, China.
Thitarodes arizanus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1931 and is endemic to Taiwan.
Thitarodes armoricanus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1909, and is known from the Tibet Autonomous Region, in China.
Thitarodes baimaensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Liang in 1988, and is known from Yunnan, China.
Thitarodes callinivalis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Liang in 1995, and is known from Yunnan, China.
Thitarodes nipponensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Kyoichiro Ueda in 1995, and is known from Japan.
Parahepialus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Hepialidae described by Zhi-Wen Zou, Xin Liu and Gu-Ren Zhang in 2010. Its only species, Parahepialus nebulosus, was described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1889 and is known from the Tibet Autonomous Region in China.
Thitarodes pratensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Yang, Li and Shen in 1992, and is known from Yunnan, China.
Thitarodes variabilis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer in 1861 and is known from the Russian Far East.
Thitarodes xizangensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from the Tibet Autonomous Region in China.
Thitarodes zhongzhiensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Liang in 1995, and is known from Yunnan, China.
Thitarodes biruensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Xizang, China.
Thitarodes bibelteus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Yunnan, China.
Thitarodes latitegumenus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Yunnan, China.
Thitarodes pui is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Tibet, China.
Thitarodes caligophilus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Bhutan. It is a host of the entomopathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a species of the genus Cordyceps. The fruiting bodies of Ophiocordyceps sinensis are used extensively in Traditional Chinese medicine. As a result, T. caligophilus-sourced Cordyceps harvested in Bhutan have become "widely used".
Thitarodes jiachaensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Tibet, China.
Thitarodes sejilaensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Tibet, China.
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