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Gynaephora Hübner, [1819]

Gynaephora Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (11): 161, TS: Phalaena selenitica Esper

= Orgyia ; Inoue, 1956, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 145

Cladophora Geyer, 1832; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : 33, TS: Phalaena selenitica Esper

= ; [NHM]

Gynophora Agassiz, 1847
Byrdia Schaus, 1927; in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmett. Erde 6 (2): 537, TS: Laria rossii Curtis

= ; [NHM]

Konokareha Matsumura, 1928; Insecta Matsumurana, 2: 120, TS: Konokareha daisetsuzana Matsumura

= Byrdia ; Inoue, 1956, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 143
= ; [NHM]

Gynaephora ; [MNA22.2, 17]
Byrdia ; Inoue, 1956, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 143
Gynaeophora (Orgyiini) ; [FE]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Dasychira sensu auct.;

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
Bombyx paradoxa Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 130
Bombyx lathyri Hübner, [1803]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [3] : 122, : pl. 20, f. 79-80, TL: Baiern

= ; [NHM]

Gynaephora selenitica, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Gynaephora selenitica, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
lathyra[sic] ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (63): 297 (missp.)
Orgyia selenitica ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (63): 297

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. Passage, 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, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Gynaephora rossii, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Gynaephora lugens, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Gynaephora lugens ; [NHM]
Byrdia rossii ; Inoue, 1956, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 143
Gynaephora rossii ; [MNA22.2: 18, f. 2b, 5a, pl. 1, f. 15-124]; [NHM]

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)

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

= Gynaephora rossii ; [NHM]

Dasychira rossii relictus ; Inoue, 1956, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 143 (note)

G. r. daisetsuzana (Matsumura, 1928)

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

= Gynaephora rossii ; [NHM]

Dasychira rossii daisetsuzana ; Inoue, 1956, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 143

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References:

[ALBERTA]

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

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[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

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MNA22.2]

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

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[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

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])

Hübner, [1803]

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. III. Bombyces - Spinner ("Zweyte Band" - part) Samml. eur. Schmett. [3] : 101-154, : pl. 1-43, f. 1-189 (1800-1803), : pl. 44-57, f. 190-247 (1803-1808), : pl. 58-59, f. 248-254 (1809-1810), : pl. 60-63, f. 255-268 (1810-1813), : pl. 64-65, f. 269-276 (1818-1819), : pl. 66, f. 277-281 (1819-1822), : pl. 67, f. 282 (1823), : pl. 68-69, f. 283-294 (1823-1824), : pl. 70, f. 295-298 (1827), : pl. 71-74, f. 299-314 (1827-1828), : pl. 75-76, f. 315-322 (1828-1829), : pl. 77-80, f. 323-340 (1830-1831), : pl. 81, f. 341-346 (1834-1836), : pl. 82, f. 347-350 (1836), : pl. 83, f. 351-355 (1836-1838)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

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)

Inoue, 1956

A revision of the Japanese Lymantriidae (I & II) J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 133-163 (1956), 10: 187-219 (1957)

Schaus, 1927

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

Swinhoe, 1923

A revision of the genera of the family Liparidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 449-484, 11 (61): 47-97, 11 (63): 289-304, 11 (64): 400-442

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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