''Triodia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Hepialidae
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.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Hepialidae constitute by far the most diverse group of the infraorder Exopo ...
. There are seven described species found in northern and western
Eurasia
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.
Species
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Triodia adriaticus'' -
Balkans
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Triodia amasinus
''Triodia amasinus'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851, and it is known from Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and ...
'' - Balkans,
Turkey
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Triodia froitzheimi'' -
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
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Triodia laetus'' - Central
Russia
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,
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
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Triodia mlokossevitschi'' - Armenia
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Triodia nubifer'' - Central Russia,
Kazakhstan
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Triodia sylvina'' (orange swift) - Western Eurasia
External links
Hepialidae genera
Hepialidae
Exoporia genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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