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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 » Anna Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2668 (Givira anna)

Species Givira anna - Anna Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2668

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Small Tan Moth with Fuzzy Feet - Givira anna

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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 anna (Anna Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2668)

Hodges Number

2668

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Givira anna (Dyar, 1898)

*Covell, p. 423, plate 60 #15 lists Givira anna as Givera anna (1)

Numbers

There are 14 named Givira species in America north of Mexico.

Powell and Opler (2009) states there are 15 or more Givira species north of Mexico, including some to be described. (2)

Size

Wingspan 2.5-3.6 cm.

Identification

Similar to other Givira but has darker shaded band across forewing and white discal mark .

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Barnes & McDunnough (3) 1911. Revision of the Cossiidae of North America. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. p. 12, pl. 4 fig. 11. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Dalton State

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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

3.	James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.

4.	Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4) William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.

Contributed by Abigail Parker on 27 September, 2009 - 11:38am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 23 May, 2013 - 12:06am

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