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Hepialidae

family of moths
Taxon taxon Q580250

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia[5]
Has host
Ophiocordyceps sinensis[11]
Parent taxon
Hepialoidea[3]
Taxon common name
Wortelboorders, ghost moths, rotetere, niesobki, krótkowąsy[6][7][8][9][10]
Taxon name
Hepialidae[4]
Taxon rank
family[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en ghost moths en Hepialidae ar عثث شبحية ar عائلة هيبياليدي ar فراشيات الجنجل de Hepialidae de Wurzelbohrer el Hepialidae el ηπιαλίδες fa شبح‌بیدان fi juuriperhoset hu Hepialidae hu gyökérrágólepke-félék nl Hepialidae nl wortelboorders pl krótkowąsy pl niesobki pl niesobkowate ru Hepialidae ru тонкопряды
🔖 Identifiers · 41
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Phymatopus hecta3.jpg ↗
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Hepialidae
BOLD Systems taxon ID
557
Belgian Species List ID
58082
BioLib taxon ID
17274
Biota of New Zealand ID
febd1322-12af-4a51-97bc-1cf1bc3f57de
BugGuide taxon ID
19714
Butterflies and Moths of North America ID
taxonomy/Hepialidae
Catalogue of Life ID
62553
Dyntaxa ID
2001205
EPPO Code
1HEPIF
Encyclopedia of Life ID
834
Show all 41 identifiers +29
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/swift-insect
Fauna Europaea ID
65
Fauna Europaea New ID
ac320f1c-6887-4326-8f49-9806de3b4e15
Fossilworks taxon ID
71427
Freebase ID
/m/04zxb0
GBIF taxon ID
3556
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
hepialids
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0113868
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
rotetere
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4197186
INaturalist taxon ID
53783
IRMNG ID
100937
ITIS TSN
118830
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
79
KBpedia ID
Hepialidae
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778293210
NBIC scientific name ID
44558
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000160145
NCBI taxonomy ID
41021
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007558058205171
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
166389
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
a45d8626-aecb-4e95-b193-aa961e090e22
Open Tree of Life ID
838207
Plazi ID
A20DC455-DA5A-2356-FF30-FDA786C0A266
Salzburgwiki ID
27607
Topic's main category
Category:Hepialidae
UBio ID
415740
UMLS CUI
C1009217
Yale LUX ID
concept/a6519d44-d265-4f98-a6e1-04fa06bcb45c

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 41
Endoclita, Phassus, Thitarodes, Abantiades, Elhamma, Afrotheora, Bipectilus, Gazoryctra +33 more
Has host 1
Ophiocordyceps sinensis
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Hepialoidea
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Hepialidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Hepialidae
← FactGrid item ID 1
Paprotnia
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Summary

Hepialidae is a taxon[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Handbook of New Zealand Insect Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has host → Ophiocordyceps sinensis
    Parent taxon → Hepialoidea
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007558058205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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