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Notodontidae
930021 – 7933   Gluphisia avimacula Hudson, 1891
             Four-spotted Gluphisia

© Nelson Poirier
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • avimacula Hudson, 1891 (Gluphisia) - MONA 1983: 7933
  • slossoniae Dyar, 1893 (Gluphisia)
  • slossonii Dyar, 1893 (Gluphisia)
  • 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: 98; pl. A-3, figs. 17-20 (order).
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Tom Murray
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Anthony W. Thomas
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Jo McGavin
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Doug Macaulay
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Nolie Schneider
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Gary Anweiler
    Gluphisia avimacula
    30mm – © Jim Vargo
    Gluphisia avimacula
    30mm – © Jim Vargo
    Gluphisia avimacula
    34mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Janice Stiefel
    5th instar
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © Janice Stiefel
    4th instar
    Gluphisia avimacula
    © John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

    Gluphisia avimacula
    © John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


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