Sthenopis thule
Sthenopis thule, the willow ghost moth, is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Strecker in 1875, and is known from Canada and the United States, including Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.[2]
| Sthenopis thule | |
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| S. thule in Crystal Beach, Ottawa, Canada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Sthenopis |
| Species: | S. thule |
| Binomial name | |
| Sthenopis thule | |
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The food plant for this species is Salix. They bore in the roots of their host plant. The life cycle probably takes two years to complete.[3]
References
- Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
- mothphotographersgroup
- Miscellaneous publication, no. 657 - United States. Dept. of Agriculture
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