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==Etymology== Previously placed in the [[genus]] ''[[Hepialus]]'' โ from the Greek; ''hฤpialos'' โ meaning a fever, as in 'the fitful, alternating flight' of the moth. It has since been allocated to the genus ''[[Korscheltellus]]''.{{Clarify|reason=Meaning?|date=November 2022}} [[Carl Linnaeus]] originally gave the moth the [[Species|specific name]] ''lupulinus'' in affinity with the [[ghost moth]] (''Hepialus humuli''). ''[[Humulus]]'' is the genus for hops and Linnaeus knew that the [[ghost moth]] fed on the roots of hops; he was not aware of the actual foodplant of the common swift.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Emmet |first1=A Maitland |author1-link=A. Maitland Emmet |title=The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning |date=1991 |publisher=[[Harley Books]] |location=Colchester |isbn=0-946589-35-6 |page=42}}</ref>{{clarify|date=March 2023}}
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