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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Lasiocampinae » Lasiocampini » Gloveria » Gloveria sphingiformis - Hodges#7697 (Gloveria sphingiformis)

Species Gloveria sphingiformis - Hodges#7697

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Gloveria sphingiformis Eggs - Gloveria sphingiformis

Gloveria sphingiformis Early Instars - Gloveria sphingiformis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Lasiocampoidea (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)

Family Lasiocampidae (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)

Subfamily Lasiocampinae

Tribe Lasiocampini

Genus Gloveria

Species sphingiformis (Gloveria sphingiformis - Hodges#7697)

Hodges Number

7697

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gloveria sphingiformis Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1910 (2)

Size

Barnes & McDunnough (1910) listed a wingspan of 64 mm. (2)

Identification

Barnes & McDunnough (1910) original description is available online. (2)

Barnes & McDunnough (1911) stated Gloveria sphingiformis "Differs from all other members of the genus in that the outer margin of primaries is convex below the apex." (possibly one of the sexes).

Range

South Texas.

Holotype from Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas. (2)

Food

Quercus texana Buckley (Texas red oak).

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1910. New species and varieties of North America Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 42(7), p. 252. (2)

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1911. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, p. 8.

Franclemont, J.G., 1973. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.1. E.W. Classey Ltd. & R.B.D. Publications Inc., p. 71; pl. 6, figs. 13-14. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Works Cited

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

2.	New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera Part 1 & 2 W. Barnes, J. B. McDunnough. 1910. The Canadian Entomologist 42(7): 208-213, 246-252.

3.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 20.1. Mimallonoidea (Mimallonidae) and Bombycoidea..... J. G. Franclemont. 1973. E.W. Classey Ltd. & R.B.D. Publications Inc.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 April, 2014 - 8:37pm
Last updated 27 April, 2014 - 12:59pm

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