Genus Isturgia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Ennominae

Tribe Semiothisini

Genus Isturgia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly Enconista

Numbers

1 species in North America

Range

Arizona to Florida and north to Ontario and Quebec

Remarks

Enconista was designated a junior synonym of Isturgia by Parsons et al (1999), and listed as such in Malcom Scoble's Geometrid Moths of the World (also 1999).

Print References

Geometrid Moths of the World; Malcom J. Scoble et al (1999)

Internet References

pinned adult image of Isturgia dislocaria (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 February, 2005 - 1:54pm
Last updated 2 June, 2005 - 7:53pm

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