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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Scopulini » Scopula » Scopula sentinaria - Hodges#7172 (Scopula sentinaria)

Species Scopula sentinaria - Hodges#7172

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Sterrhinae
Tribe Scopulini
Genus Scopula
Species sentinaria (Scopula sentinaria - Hodges#7172)
Hodges Number
7172
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scopula sentinaria (Geyer, 1837)
Acidalia rufinularia Staudinger, 1901
Thamnonoma gracilior Butler, 1893
Acidalia rufociliaria Bremer, 1864
Acidalia rufinaria Staudinger, 1861
Aspilates spuraria Christoph, 1858
Haematopis sentinaria Geyer, 1837
Holarctias sentinaria
Phylogenetic sequence # 910581
Size
Wingspan = 20–27mm (1)
Identification
Adults are dull red-brown to bright rusty-orange. The basal half of the fore-wings is usually suffused with darker scales. (1)
Range
Alaska, throughout Canada, south to California and Colorado in the west (2)
The species is also found in northern Russia and the Sayan Mountains. The habitat consists of dry shrubby clearings and edges. (1)
Food
Larvae have been reared on Polygonum aviculare. (1)
Life Cycle
Fourth or fifth instar larvae overwinter. (1)
Remarks
There is only one sub-species in North America. (nominate)
Scopula sentinaria sentinaria (North America)
Scopula sentinaria rufinaria (Staudinger, 1861) (northern Russia)
Scopula sentinaria rufinularia (Staudinger, 1901) (Sayan Mountains)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 May, 2007 - 2:21pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 December, 2018 - 10:33am

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