Korscheltellus lupulina (Linnaeus, 1758), (common swift)

6 Jun 2015 at OSGR: SU02 in South Wilts, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species: Korscheltellus lupulina (Common Swift)
Family: HEPIALIDAE (swift moths)
Superfamily: HEPIALOIDEA (swift moths)
Infraorder: Exoporia (swift moths)
Suborder: GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order: LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division (Zoo.): Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass: Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass: PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class: INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum: HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum: ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum: ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade: Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom: EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom: ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain: Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life: BIOTA (living things)

Korscheltellus lupulina is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Exoporia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	male, at MV
Found as	Male imago
Date	6 June 2015
Capture method	MV
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU02
Lat/Lon	50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice County	South Wilts, VC no: 8
Country	England

macro-photographs:

Click on a thumbnail to see the preview, then click on that for the full-sized image

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

Korscheltellus lupulina (Linnaeus, 1758), (common swift)

6 Jun 2015 at OSGR: SU02 in South Wilts, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Korscheltellus lupulina is also a member of:

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)