A moth belonging to the family Hepialidae, characterized by simple wing venation and a primitive structure.
From the genus name 'Hepialus' derived from Greek 'hepios' (creeping) + '-id' (suffix for members of a family). Named for their crawling caterpillars.
Hepialid moths are like living fossils—they've barely changed for 150 million years, and they still have primitive traits that other moths lost, making them incredible subjects for understanding how insects evolved.
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