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

© Ed Ruden
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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • gloveri (Strecker, 1872) (Platysamia) - MONA 1983: 7769
  • nokomis (Brodie, 1894) (Platysamia)
  • reducta (Neumoegen, 1891) (Platysamia)
  • winonah (Brodie, 1894) (Platysamia)
  • 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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