Sthenopis pretiosus

Sthenopis pretiosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Sthenopis
Species:
S. pretiosus
Binomial name
Sthenopis pretiosus
Synonyms
  • Hepialus auratus Grote, 1878
  • Sthenopis auratus Grote, 1878
  • Epialus pretiosus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
  • Phassus eldorado Pfitzner, 1906

Sthenopis pretiosus, the gold-spotted ghost moth, is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It can be found in found Brazil, Venezuela and in the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.