Korscheltellus

Taxobox
name = "Korscheltellus"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Korscheltellus lupulinus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hepialidae
genus = "Korscheltellus"
genus_authority = Börner, 1920
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Korscheltellus" is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. It consists of two widespread species, the familiar Common Swift ("K. lupulina") of Europe and the Conifer Swift ("K. gracilis") of Canada and the eastern United States. "K. gracilis" has been recorded feeding on the roots of Quaking Aspen, White Spruce and Yellow Birch but is especially associated with Balsam Fir and Red Spruce. It is considered a major pest of these two species.

External links

* [http://www.sciencebuff.org/genera_and_species.php Hepialidae genera]