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Phymatopus
Phymatopus (Originally: Noctua Linnaeus, 1758) is a genus of moths belonging to the family Hepialidae (commonly referred to as swift moths or ghost moths), which consists of around 500 species and 30 genera. 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...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gold Swift
speciesPhymatopus hecta
Orange-Lined Ghost Moth
speciesPhymatopus hectoides
Lupine Ghost Moth
speciesPhymatopus californicus
Phymatopus behrensii
speciesPhymatopus behrensii
Phymatopus japonicus
speciesPhymatopus japonicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 338977.