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Hepialid, a. and n. Zool.|hiːpɪˈælɪd|
Formerly also epialid.
[ad. mod.L. Hepialidæ, f. Hepialus (J. C. Fabricius, Systema Entomologiæ (1775) 589), a. Gr. ἡπίολος moth; sometimes Epialidæ, Epialus, perhaps through confusion with Gr. ἠπίαλος nightmare: see -id3.]
(Of or pertaining to) a moth of the family Hepialidæ, the ghost-moths or swifts.
1888Proc. Linnean Soc. N.S.W. II. 1015 We have drawn up a description of the finely coloured Hepialid which was exhibited at the June meeting. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Ghost-moth, an epialid moth, especially Epialus humuli. Ibid., Swift, n... 2. An epialid or ghost-moth. 1900Trans. Ent. Soc. iii. 411 (title) Life histories in the Hepialid group of Lepidoptera. 1931Ann. Appl. Biol. XVIII. 54 The larva of a Hepialid moth, Oncopera intricata. |