Genus Hypagyrtis

Classification · Numbers · Range · Internet References

geometrid found on silky dogwood and buckthorn - Hypagyrtis unipunctata

One-spotted Variant - Hodges#6654 - Hypagyrtis unipunctata

One-spotted Variant - Hypagyrtis unipunctata

Inchworm on dogwood leaf - Hypagyrtis unipunctata

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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 Bistonini

Genus Hypagyrtis

Numbers

4 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

2 species in Canada (CBIF)

Range

throughout North America except Newfoundland and the arctic

Internet References

five pinned adult images of the 2 species occurring in Canada (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 February, 2005 - 9:50pm

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