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.
Many larvae of this genus are the hosts to the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis. The fungus-insect complex known as caterpillar fungus, or by its original Tibetan name yartsa gunbu (or its Nepali pidgin version yarsa gumba). It was first used in traditional Tibetan medicine, but is now highly prized by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine who know it as dong chong xiacao or short chong cao.
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...
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...
Thitarodes ferrugineus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by D.R. Yang in 1993, and is known from Yunnan, China. Nielsen,...
Thitarodes damxungensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by D.R. Yang in 1995, and is known from the Tibet Autonomous Region...
Thitarodes zhangmoensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1985 and is known from Xinjiang...
Thitarodes eberti is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Pierre Viette in 1968, and is known from Nepal. Nielsen, Ebbe S.;...
Thitarodes shambalaensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Zhengyang Wang, along with Hailing Zhuang, Min Wang, and Naomi...
Thitarodes baimaensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Liang in 1988, and is known from Yunnan, China. Nielsen, Ebbe...
Thitarodes meiliensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Liang in 1988, and is known from Yunnan, China. Nielsen, Ebbe...
Thitarodes pui is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Tibet, China. Zhang, G.R. ; D.X. Gu & X. Liu, 2007: A new species of Hepialus...
Thitarodes yadongensis is a species of moth in the family Hepialidae. It is found in western China. Grehan, John R.; Mielke, Carlos G.C.; Turner, John...
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...
Thitarodes richthofeni is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1939, and is known from China. Nielsen, Ebbe...
Thitarodes xunhuaensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Yang and Yang in 1995, and is known from Qinghai, China. Nielsen...
Thitarodes namnai is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Bhutan. Maczey, N.; Dhendup, K.; Cannon, P.; Hywel-Jones, N.; Rai, T.B...
Thitarodes oblifurcus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1985 and is known from Qinghai...
Thitarodes jialangensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Yang in 1994, and is known from the Tibet Autonomous Region...
Thitarodes varians is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1896, and is known from the Tibet Autonomous Region...
Thitarodes kangdingensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1985 and is known from Sichuan...
Thitarodes namlinensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in China. Wang, Xiao-Liang; Yao, Yi-Jian (2011). "Host insect species...
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. Nielsen, Ebbe...
Thitarodes sinarabesca is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Felix Bryk in 1946, and is known from China. Nielsen, Ebbe S...
Thitarodes latitegumenus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Yunnan, China. Shen, F.R. & Y.S. Zhou 1997: Two new species of the...
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...
Thitarodes nipponensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Kyoichiro Ueda in 1995, and is known from Japan. The forewings...
Thitarodes baqingensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Yang and Jiang in 1995, and is known from the Tibet Autonomous...
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