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Gynaephora Hübner, [1822]

Gynaephora Hübner, [1822]; : 161, TS: Phalaena selenitica Esper
Cladophora Geyer, 1832; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : 33, TS: Phalaena selenitica Esper
Gynophora Agassiz, 1847
Dasorgyia Staudinger, 1881; Stett. ent. Ztg 42: 406, TS: Dasorgyia pumila Staudinger
Byrdia Schaus, 1927; in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmett. Erde 6 (2): 537, TS: Laria rossii Curtis
Konokareha Matsumara, 1928; : 120, TS: Konokareha daisetsuzana Matsumura
Gynaephora ; [MNA22.2, 17]
Gynaeophora (Orgyiini) ; [FE]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Dasychira sensu auct.; nec Hübner, 1809

Gynaephora selenitica (Esper, 1789)

EU, C.Russia. See [About maps] Rämekarvajalka Odelmakehrääjä Mondfleck holdas szövö
Phalaena (Bombyx) selenitica Esper, 1789; Die. Schmett., Th. III (Suppl.) (1-2): 18, (3-4): pl. 82, f. 5
paradoxa (Fabricius, 1787)
lahyri (Hübner, 1818)
lathyra Swinhoe, 1923²
Gynaephora selenitica [Kimmo Silvonen]

900x596 (~37Kb) larva Finland, Tuusula 670:38, 07.09.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

347x259 (~20Kb)

Larva on Leguminosae, Luzula sp., Deschampsia caespitosa, Betula sp., B. verrucosa, B. pubescens, Quercus robur, Salix caprea, S. aurita, S. phylicifolia, Populus tremula, Potentilla erecta, Rubus idaeus, Lathyrus sylvestris, L. pratensis, Vicia cracca, Trifolium sp., T. pratense, Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium myrtillus, V. uliginosum, Andromeda polifolia [SPRK]

Gynaephora rossii (Curtis, 1835)

Labrador - Alaska, Rocky Mountains, Appalachia, Siberia. See [About maps] Laria rossii Curtis, 1835; in Ross, Nar. 2nd Voy. N.-W. Pass., App.: 70, pl. A, fig. 10, TL: Fury Beach, Somerset House, N. Somerset
Gynaephora lugens Kozhanchikov, 1948; Trudy Zool. Inst. Leningrad, 7 (3): 151, TL: Siberian Arctic from Urals to Chukhotsk Peninsula and Kamchatka; Yablonov rigdge (Dzhelinda)
Gynaephora rossii [ALBERTA]
Gynaephora lugens [SZMN]
Byrdia rossii ;
Gynaephora rossii ; [MNA22.2: 18, f. 2b, 5a, pl. 1, f. 15-124]

470x360 (~40Kb) USA: Mt.Washington, NH, just off Auto Road, elevation ca. 5000 ft., July 8, 2006, Photo © Paul W. Schaefer

538x360 (~98Kb) larva USA: Mt. Washington, NH. Elevation ca. 5000 ft., July 21, 2005 (4th? instar), Photo © Paul W. Schaefer

Larva on Saxifraga tricuspidata, S. oppositifolia, Salix arctica [MNA22.2]

Schaefer & Castrovillo, 1979(81). Gynaephora rossii (Curtis) on Mt. Katahdin, Maine and Mt. Daisetsu, Japan, and comparisons to records for populations from the Arctic (Lymantriidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 18 (4): 241-250.

G. r. relictus (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)

Dasychira rossii relictus O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 77, pl. 10, fig. 6, TL: Sajan mont.: Turan, südwestl. Irkutsk

G. r. daisetsuzana (Matsumura, 1928)

Japan Konokareha daisetsuzana Matsumura, 1928; Insecta Matsumurana, 2: 120, TL: Hokkaido, Japan

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References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BSW]

de Freina, J. J., Witt, T. J, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1

[ESP]

Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254

[FE]

Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MNA22.2]

Douglas C. Ferguson; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 22.2; NOCTUOIDEA; Lymantriidae

[Paul W. Schaefer]

USA

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

O. Bang-Haas, 1927

Horae Macrolepidopterologicae Regionis Palaearcticae Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 128pp, 11pls

Esper, 1789

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil III. Supplement. Dritter Abscnitt. Die Nachtschmetterlinge Die. Schmett., Th. III (Suppl.) (1-2): 1-36, pl. 80 (1789) (3-4): pl. 81-85 ([1789]) (5-6): 37-64, pl. 86-90 (1794) ([7]): 65-72, pl. [91] ([1798]) (8-9): 73-94, pl. 92-93 (1800) (10): 95-100, pl. 94 ([1800-1807]) ([11]): 101-104 ([1807])

Geyer, 1832

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 4 [1826]-1832 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : pl. [104-131], f. 601-764 (1826) pl. [132-137], f. 765-800 (1827 - 1831) [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-48 (1832)

Schaus, 1927

Family Lymantriidae in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmett. Erde 6 (2): 535-564, pls 72-74

Staudinger, 1881

Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna Central-Asiens Stett. ent. Ztg 42: 253-300, 393-424

Wocke, 1874

Die Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfart in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung des Kapitän Karl Koldewey in Homeyer, Dt. Nordpolarfart 2: 407-410

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