Sthenopis pretiosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Sthenopis |
Species: | S. pretiosus
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Binomial name | |
Sthenopis pretiosus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)
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Synonyms | |
Sthenopis pretiosus, the gold-spotted ghost moth, is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It can be found in found Brazil, Venezuela and in the eastern United States[3] and south-eastern Canada.