Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Hepialidae
110013 – 0033   Phymatopus behrensii (Stretch, 1872)

© Arash Mehdipour
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Sthenopis behrensii Stretch, 1872
Sthenopis behrnsii Stretch, 1872 (incorr. orig. spelling)
Hepialus behrensi (McDunnough, 1938) (emend.)
Hepialus anceps Edwards, 1881
Hepialus desolatus Strecker, 1875
Sthenopis montana Stretch, 1872
Epialus tacomae Edwards, 1874
Taxonomic Notes: Phymatopus behrensii (Stretch, 1872) corrects the original spelling of behrnsii, see Stretch, 1872:240, and misspelling of behrensi in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). This species includes as a synonym
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 13.2m, 13.3m; p. 37. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Stretch, R.H., 1872. Illustrations of the Zygænidæ & Bombycidæ of North America, 1: 105, 240 (errata).
Phymatopus behrensii
– © Ron Wiegus
Phymatopus behrensii
– © Ron Wiegus
Phymatopus behrensii
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Phymatopus behrensii
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Phymatopus behrensii
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Phymatopus behrensii
43mm – © Jim Vargo

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone