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Notodontidae
930019 – 7931   Gluphisia septentrionis Walker, 1855
             Common Gluphisia

© David Reed
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Synonymy:
  • septentrionalis of authors; not , [no date] (Gluphisia)
  • septentrionis Walker, 1855 (Gluphisia) - MONA 1983: 7931
  • clandestina (Walker, 1861) (Dasychira)
  • opaca Barnes & Benjamin, 1927 (Gluphisia)
  • quinquelinea Dyar, 1892 (Gluphisia)
  • ridenda Edwards, 1886 (Gluphisia)
  • rupta Edwards, 1886 (Gluphisia)
  • septentrionalis; [various], [no date] (Gluphisia) missp.
  • trilineata Packard, 1864 (Gluphisia)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Gluphisia septentrionis: Previously synonymized under Gluphisia crenata, a European species having significantly different DNA barcoding.
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2018. Drepanoidea, Doidae; Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part): Pygaerinae, Notodontinae, Cerurinae, Phalerinae, Periergosinae, Dudusinae, Hemiceratinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1A: 95; pl. A-3, figs. 1-6 (order).
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 33.45m, .46f, .47f; p. 249. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Nolie Schneider
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Jim Kennedy
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © John Davis
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Charles Melton
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Charles Melton
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Charles Melton
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Nolie Schneider
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Harvey Schmidt
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Gary Anweiler
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    - 28mm – © Jim Vargo
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    - 27mm – © Jim Vargo
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    - 27mm – © Jim Vargo
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    35mm – © Jim Vargo
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Tom Murray LG

    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © David Reed

    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Janice Stiefel LG
    5th instar
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Jim Sogaard LG
    on Populus tremuloides
    Gluphisia septentrionis
    © Jim Sogaard LG
    on Populus tremuloides

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