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Sthenopis Packard, 1864
Sthenopis Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 390, TS: Hepiolus argenteomaculatus Harris
Sthenopis (Hepialidae) ; [NACL, 2]; [NHM]

Sthenopis argenteomaculatus (Harris, 1841)
Hepialus argenteomaculatus Harris, 1841; Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 295
Sthenopis argentata Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 392, TL: Massachusetts
= ; [NACL, #18]; [NHM]
Cossus alni Kellicott, 1885; Ent. Amer. 1 : 175, TL: Oswego Co., New York
= ; [NACL, #18]
Sthenopis argenteomaculatus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sthenopis argenteomaculatus ; [NACL, #18]; [NHM]

Sthenopis purpurascens (Packard, 1863)
Gorgopis purpurascens Packard, 1863; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 7 : 598, f. 1, TL: Mt. Washington
Sthenopis purpurascens Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 392, TL: Mt. Washington
Hepialus los Strecker, 1893; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 45 : 282, TL: nr Bangor, Maine
= ; [NACL, #19]; [NHM]
Stenopis[sic] purpurascens var. perdita Dyar, 1893; Can. Ent. 25 : 327
= ; [NACL, #19]; [NHM]
Gorgopis quadriguttatus Grote, 1864; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 73, pl. 1, f. 6, TL: "Great Slave Lake"
= ; Nielsen, Robinson & Wagner, 1999, J. Nat. Hist. 34: ?
= Sthenopis quadriguttatus ; [NHM]
Sthenopis argenteomaculatus var. semiauratus Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893; Can. Ent. 25 (5) : 124, TL: North America
= Sthenopis quadriguttatus ; [NACL, #20]; [NHM]
Sthenopis purpurascens, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sthenopis purpurascens, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Sthenopis purpurascens ; [NHM]; [NACL, #19]
Sthenopis quadriguttatus ; [NACL, #20]; [NHM]

Sthenopis thule (Strecker, 1875)
Hepialus thule Strecker, 1875; Lep. Rhopal. Het. (12): 105, pl. 12, f. 6, TL: Montreal, Canada
Sthenopis thule, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sthenopis thule ; [NACL, #21]; [NHM]

Sthenopis auratus (Grote, 1878)
New York. See [About maps] Hepialus auratus Grote, 1878; Can. Ent. 10 (1) : 18, TL: Lewis Co., New York
Sthenopis auratus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sthenopis auratus, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Sthenopis auratus ; [NACL, #22]; [NHM]

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Sthenopis bouvieri (Oberthür, 1913)
Hepialus (Phassus) bouvieri Oberthür, 1913; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 7 : 671, pl. 190, f. 1834, TL: Ta-tsien-lou
Sthenopis bouvieri ; [NHM]

Sthenopis dirschi (Bang-Haas, 1939)
dirschi (Bang-Haas, 1939) (Phassus); Dt. ent. Z. Iris 53: 59, pl. 1, f. 14, TL: China
Phassus dirschi ; [NHM, (Sthenopis)]

Sthenopis regius (Staudinger, [1896])
Kansu. See [About maps] Hepialus regius Staudinger, [1896]; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 8 (2) : 301, pl. 5, f. 11, TL: Amdo
rubellus (Bang-Haas, 1939) (Phassus); Dt. ent. Z. Iris 53: 59
= ; [NHM]
Sthenopis regius ; [NHM]

Sthenopis roseus (Oberthür, 1911)
Hubei. See [About maps] Hepialus (Phassus) roseus Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1) : 325, pl. 68, f. 652, TL: China
miniatus (Chu & Wang, 1985) (Phassus); Acta Ent. Sinica 28 (3) : 299
= ; [NHM]
Sthenopis roseus ; [NHM]


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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.
[GALEPS]
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index


Some related literature:
Dyar, 1893
Notes on Hepialus Can. Ent. 25 : 327-328
Grote, 1864
Descriptions of North American Lepidoptera, No. 3-5 Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 73-92, : 322-327, : 521-535
Grote, 1878
A new Hepialus from New York Can. Ent. 10 (1) : 18
Harris, 1841
A report on the insects of Massachusetts injurious to vegetation Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 459pp
Kellicott, 1885
On the preparatory stages of an undetermined Cossus Ent. Amer. 1 : 173-176
Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
Descriptions of certain new forms of Lepidoptera Can. Ent. 25 (5) : 121-126
Nielsen, Robinson & Wagner, 1999
Ghostmoths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia J. Nat. Hist. 34 : 823-878
Packard, 1863
On Synthetic Types in Insects Boston J. Nat. Hist. 7 : 590-603
Packard, 1864
Synopsis of the Bombycidae of the United States. (1 & 2) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 97-130, : 331-396
Staudinger, [1896]
Beschreibungen neuer Lepidopteren aus Tibet Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 8 (2) : 300-343 (1896)
Strecker, 1875
Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic, with descriptions and colored illustrations Lep. Rhopal. Het. (1): 1-7, pl. 1 (1872), (2): 9-15, pl. 2 (1873), (3): 17-24, pl. 3 (1873), (4): 25-32, pl. 4 (1873), (5): 33-43, pl. 5 (1873), (6): 45-50, pl. 6 (1873), (7): 51-60, pl. 7 (1873), (8): 61-70, pl. 8 (1874), (9): 71-80, pl. 9 (1874), (10): 81-94, pl. 10 (1874), (11): 95-100, pl. 11 (1874), (12): 101-108, pl. 12 (1875), (13): 109-123, pl. 13 (1876), (14): 125-134, pl. 14 (1878), (15): 135-143, pl. 15 (1878)
Strecker, 1893
Descriptions of two new species of North American Bombycidae Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 45 : 282-284


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