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Superfamily Hepialoidea - Ghost Moths

unknown moth from northern Ontario - Sthenopis purpurascens Gazoryctra Four-spotted Ghost Moth (Sthenopis purpurascens) 0019 - Sthenopis purpurascens - female Streaked Ghost Moth - Gazoryctra novigannus Large Orange Moth with eggs - Sthenopis purpurascens - female moth - Sthenopis purpurascens Moth on Pacific Sanicle - Phymatopus californicus Silver-spotted Ghost Moth - Sthenopis argenteomaculatus
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Hepialoidea (Ghost Moths)
Remarks
One of the most successful of the homoneuran and more primitive lineages in terms of diversity. (1)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 March, 2006 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 18 March, 2016 - 10:34am

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