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
S. thule in Crystal Beach, Ottawa, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Sthenopis
Species:
S. thule
Binomial name
Sthenopis thule
(Strecker, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus thule Strecker, 1875

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
  1. 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.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Miscellaneous publication, no. 657 - United States. Dept. of Agriculture


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