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Columbia Silkmoth - Hodges#7768 (Hyalophora columbia)
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Glover's Silkmoth - Hodges#7769 (Hyalophora columbia gloveri)
Photo#186556
Copyright © 2008
Heidi Eaton
Glover's silkmoth -
Hyalophora columbia
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
May 22, 2007
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Contributed by
Heidi Eaton
on 31 May, 2008 - 3:03pm
Last updated 11 June, 2008 - 1:57am
Moved
Moved from
Glover's Silk Moth
to
Hyalophora columbia gloveri
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Robin McLeod
, 11 June, 2008 - 1:57am
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Moved
Moved from
Columbia Silkmoth
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Charley Eiseman
, 4 June, 2008 - 8:25am
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Hyalophora columbia gloveri
This is actually a subspecies of Hyalophora columbia known as the Glover's Silkmoth- Hyalophora columbia gloveri. NOTE: on Bug Guide they treat H. c. gloveri as a full species NOT a subspecies. Either way it is gloveri.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 31 May, 2008 - 3:49pm
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Great to know...
How can you tell the difference? Is it just by location or are there visible differences? Thanks!
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Heidi Eaton
, 31 May, 2008 - 6:57pm
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Location is the major one, bu
Location is the major one, but there are some physical differences, but they are pretty minute. Will this image be moved to the gloveri page? Another member has made false ID's with another moth from Colorado (which is H. c. gloveri, not H. columbia) and said it could be the normal Columbia because this image was used and an identifacation. He was very right in linking them because they are the same species, but just under the wrong name.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 31 May, 2008 - 8:28pm
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