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Gold Swift

Phymatopus hecta

Classification

Class
Insecta

The gold swift (Phymatopus hecta) is a moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. Until recently it was placed in the genus Hepialus. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 623Germany · 304United Kingdom · 184Switzerland · 21France · 20Belgium · 12Italy · 3Luxembourg · 2