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Phymatopus
''Phymatopus'' (originally: ''Noctua'' Linnaeus, 1758) is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae (commonly referred to as swift moths or ghost moths), which consists of around 500 species and 30 genera. The genus was erected by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1869. They can be found across Eurasia and North America. Species can be distinguished by the different morphology of male genitalia and different forewing patterns, which vary in stripe colour and size and arrangement of spots. The stripes themselves consist of spots separated by dark veins which are fringed by thin black lines from both inner and outer sides. Species *''Phymatopus hecta'' (gold swift) - Europe :*Food plant: ''Pteridium'', but many others are named in the European literature *''Phymatopus japonicus'' - Japan :*Food plant: ''Pteridium'' *''Phymatopus hectica'' - eastern Russia ''Phymatopus'' auctt. nec Wallengren, 1869 *''Phymatopus behrensii'' - United States :*Recorded food plants: ''Helenium'', ''Lupin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phymatopus Hecta
The gold swift (''Phymatopus hecta'') is a moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. Until recently it was placed in the genus ''Hepialus''. The species was Species description, first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Moths of the Hepialidae are considered to be primitive moths; they do not have a proboscis and are unable to feed. The gold swift is a widespread species found in Europe and Asia, including Japan. Life history This is a rather small moth for the family, with a wingspan of 26–32 mm. The male is distinctive, the brown forewings marked with two parallel bands of white markings. The larger female is less striking with muted grey-and-brown markings. The adult is on the wing in June and July (this refers to the British Isles; other parts of the range may differ) and both sexes are moderately attracted to light. To attract females, the male emits a scent rather similar to pineapple. The adult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Swift
The gold swift (''Phymatopus hecta'') is a moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. Until recently it was placed in the genus ''Hepialus''. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Moths of the Hepialidae are considered to be primitive moths; they do not have a proboscis and are unable to feed. The gold swift is a widespread species found in Europe and Asia, including Japan. Life history This is a rather small moth for the family, with a wingspan of 26–32 mm. The male is distinctive, the brown forewings marked with two parallel bands of white markings. The larger female is less striking with muted grey-and-brown markings. The adult is on the wing in June and July (this refers to the British Isles; other parts of the range may differ) and both sexes are moderately attracted to light. To attract females, the male emits a scent rather similar to pineapple. The adult moths spend most of the 24 hours resting, in a wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hepialidae
The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths. Taxonomy and systematics The Hepialidae constitute by far the most diverse group of the infraorder Exoporia. The 60 genera contain at least 587 currently recognised species of these primitive moths worldwide. The genera ''Fraus'' (endemic to Australia), ''Gazoryctra'' (Holarctic), ''Afrotheora'' (Southern African), and ''Antihepialus'' (African) are considered to be the most primitive, containing four genera and about 51 species with a mostly relictual southern Gondwanan distribution and are currently separated from the Hepialidae ''sensu stricto'' which might form a natural, derived group.Nielsen, E.S., Robinson, G.S. and Wagner, D.L. 2000. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera) ''Journal of Natural History'', 34(6): 823–87Abstract/ref> The most diverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phymatopus Hectoides
''Phymatopus hectoides'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1868, and is known from the western United States, including California, Arizona, Nevada and Oregon. The wingspan is about 27 mm. The forewings are medium grayish brown with mottling and diffuse white patches along the costa. There are two oblique lines edged with brownish red which cross the wing in the median and subterminal areas. The hindwings are uniformly grayish brown. Adults are on wing from May to July. The larvae feed on ''Baccharis'', ''Horkelia'', ''Lupinus'', ''Helenium'', ''Eriophyllum'', ''Scrophularia The genus ''Scrophularia'' of the family Scrophulariaceae comprises about 200 species of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as figworts. Species of ''Scrophularia'' all share square stems, opposite leaves and open two-lipped flowers for ...'' and fern species. They bore in the shoots and roots of their host plant. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phymatopus Hectica
''Phymatopus hectica'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1927, and is known from Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ... (the Russian Far East and Siberia). References Hepialidae Moths described in 1927 Taxa named by Otto Bang-Haas {{Hepialidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phymatopus Californicus
''Phymatopus californicus'', the lupine ghost moth, is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1868 and is known from the US state of California. The wingspan is about 40 mm. Recorded food plants for the species include ''Lupinus'', ''Baccharis'' and ''Eriophyllum''. There is one generation per year. Females drop hundreds to thousands eggs while flying over patches of lupine bushes. First- and second-instar An instar (, from the Latin '' īnstar'', "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (''ecdysis''), until sexual maturity is reached. Arthropods must shed the exoskeleton in order to grow or ass ... larvae develop in the soil under lupines and feed on the exterior of the upper portions of lupine tap root. By mid-to-late spring, the larvae burrow into the plants, forming feeding galleries inside the central shoot and the upper part of the central tap root. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phymatopus Behrensii
''Phymatopus behrensii'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Stretch in 1872, and is known from the United States, including California and Washington. The wingspan is about 43 mm. Recorded food plants for the species include ''Helenium'', ''Lupinus'', ''Malus'', and various fern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...s. References Hepialidae Moths described in 1872 {{Hepialidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia
The genus ''Scrophularia'' of the family Scrophulariaceae comprises about 200 species of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as figworts. Species of ''Scrophularia'' all share square stems, opposite leaves and open two-lipped flowers forming clusters at the end of their stems. The genus is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. ''Scrophularia'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Phymatopus hectoides''. Some species in this genus are known to contain potentially useful substances, such as iridoids, and several ''Scrophularia'' species, such as the Ningpo figwort (''S. ningpoensis''), have been used by herbal medicine practitioners around the world. The name ''Scrophularia'' comes from scrofula, a form of tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriophyllum
''Eriophyllum'', commonly known as the woolly sunflower, is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to western North America (USA, Canada, northwestern Mexico), with a concentration of narrow endemics in California. ''Eriophyllum'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Phymatopus californicus''. Description ''Eriophyllum'' is an annual or perennial shrub or subshrub, some species growing to a height of 200 cm (6.7 feet). Leaves present generally alternate and entire to nearly compound, with woolly hairs on some of the species. The inflorescence contains numerous yellow flower heads in flat-topped clusters. The involucre structure is obconic to hemispheric. Phyllaries are either free or more or less fused; the receptacle presents typically flat, but naked. The ray flowers are present in some species but not in others. Fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baccharis
''Baccharis'' is a genus of perennials and shrubs in the aster family (Asteraceae). They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling the true brooms. They are not at all related to these however, but belong to an entirely different lineage of eudicots. '' B. halimifolia'' is commonly known as "groundsel bush", however true groundsels are found in the genus ''Senecio''. ''Baccharis'', with over 500 species, is the largest genus in the Asteraceae. It is found throughout the Americas, distributed mainly in the warmer regions of Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Mexico, with ''B. halimifolia'' ranging northward along the Atlantic Coast to the southern tip of Nova Scotia in Canada. If present, the leaves of ''Baccharis'' are borne along the stems in alternate fashion. Flowers are usually white or pinkish. There are no ray flowers, but many disk flowers which are either staminate or pistillate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helenium
''Helenium'' is a genus of annuals and herbaceous perennial plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. They bear yellow or orange daisy-like composite flowers. A number of these species (particularly ''Helenium autumnale'') have the common name sneezeweed, based on the former use of their dried leaves in making snuff. It was inhaled to cause sneezing that would supposedly rid the body of evil spirits. Larger species may grow up to tall. The genus is named for Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus and Leda. ''Helenium'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Phymatopus behrensii''. Genus level properties: most conspicuously globe-like disk-shaped flowers, rays three-lobed at tip. Species Cultivation Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use - mainly from ''H. autumnale'' and ''H. bigelovii''. They are useful for late summer and fall bloom, usually in less formal compositions. They are appropriate for nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phymatopus Japonicus
''Phymatopus japonicus'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Inoue in 1982, and is known from Japan, from which its species epithet is derived. The food plant for this species is ''Pteridium Bracken (''Pteridium'') is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae. Ferns (Pteridophyta) are vascular plants that have alternating generations, large plants that produce spores and small plants that produce sex cells (eggs ...''. References Hepialidae Moths described in 1982 Moths of Japan {{Hepialidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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