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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Carpenter and Leopard Moths (Cossidae) » Hypoptinae » Givira » Givira theodori - Hodges#2662 (Givira theodori)

Species Givira theodori - Hodges#2662

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Givira theodori - Hodges #2662 - Givira theodori

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)

Family Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)

Subfamily Hypoptinae

Genus Givira

Species theodori (Givira theodori - Hodges#2662)

Hodges Number

2662

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Givira theodori (Dyar, 1893)

Hypopta theodori Dyar, 1893

Givira kunzei Dyar, 1923

Phylogenetic sequence # 083175

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Theodore Cockerell, who sent Dyar the first specimen.

Size

Forewing length 9-14 mm. (1)

Range

sw US (AZ-TX-CO-UT) - Map (MPG),(2),(1)

Food

Larvae of the family Cossidae are wood borers.

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough 1911. Revision of the Cossidae of North America. Cont. Nat. Hist. of Lep. N. America 1(1): 16. (3)

Dyar, H.G. 1893. New species of Hypopta. The Canadian Entomologist 25(9): 220

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl.13.11m; p.126 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

3.	Revision of the Cossidae of North America (in Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America) William Barnes, J. H. McDunnough. 1911. The Review Press.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 27 January, 2008 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 April, 2016 - 12:22pm

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