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Saturniidae
890084 – 7769   Hyalophora gloveri (Strecker, 1872)
             Glover's Silkmoth

© Ed Ruden
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Synonymy: Platysamia gloveri Strecker, 1872
Platysamia nokomis Brodie, 1894
Platysamia reducta Neumögen, 1891
Platysamia winonah Brodie, 1894
Taxonomic Notes: Hyalophora gloveri (Strecker, 1872), formerly treated as synonym of Hyalophora columbia, is listed as full species by St Laurent (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) following Kitching et al. (2018) and Pohl et al. (2010; Appendix).
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.
  • Ferguson, D. C., 1972. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2b: p. 256; pl. 19.1-6. order or free PDF
  • Kitching, I., R. Rougerie, A. Zwick, C. Hamilton, R. St Laurent, S. Naumann, L. Ballesteros Mejia, A. Kawahara, 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236.
  • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
  • Pohl, G.R., G.G. Anweiler, B.C. Schmidt, & N.G. Kondla, 2010. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys, 38: 1-549.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
  • Species page at Moths of North Dakota.
Hyalophora gloveri
© John Davis
Hyalophora gloveri
© John Davis
Hyalophora gloveri
LG – © Derek Bridgehouse
Hyalophora gloveri
LG – © Derek Bridgehouse
Hyalophora gloveri
- 110mm – © Jim Vargo
Hyalophora gloveri
- 110mm – © Jim Vargo

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