Gold swift

Gold swift
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Phymatopus
Species:	P. hecta
Binomial name
	Phymatopus hecta; (Linnaeus, Lepidoptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae appendix)
Synonyms
	List Noctua hecta Linnaeus, 1758 ; Bombyx flina [Denis and Schiffermüller], 1775 ; Phalaena clavipes Retzius, 1783 ; Noctua nemorosa Esper, 1786 ; Hepialus hectator Haworth, 1802 ; Hepialus unicolor Petersen, 1902 ; Hepialus decorata Krulikowsky, 1908 ; Hepialus decorata Rebel, 1910 ; Hepialus strigosa Hartwieg, 1922 ; Hepialus nigra Lempke, 1938 ; Hepialus confluens BytinskiSalz, 1939 ; Hepialus inversa Bytinski-Salz, 1939 ; Hepialus ornata Bytinski-Salz, 1939 ; Hepialus zetterstedti Burrau, 1950 ; Hepialus radiata Lucas, 1959 ; Hepialus continua van Wisselingh, 1961 ; Phimatopus brunnea Lempke, 1961 ; Phimatopus fusca Lempke, 1961 ; Phimatopus reducta Lempke, 1961 ; Phimatopus rufa Lempke, 1961 ; ;

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. Moths of the Hepialidae are considered to be primitive moths; they do not have a proboscis and are unable to feed. The gold swift is a widespread species found in Europe and Asia, including Japan.

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