Species Apodemia mormo - Mormon Metalmark

Classification · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited

Mormon Metalmark for California in March - Apodemia mormo

Mormon Metalmark for California in May - Apodemia mormo

Morman Metalmark, maybe? - Apodemia mormo

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)

Family Riodinidae (Metalmarks)

Genus Apodemia

Species mormo (Mormon Metalmark)

Size

19-32 mm

Range

Mostly western U.S. (AZ, CA, CO, ID, western ND, SD, NV, MT, OR, WA, WY), into southern Saskatchewan (Canada). Distribution information from Ferris & Brown ((1)).

Food

Larval food: Eriogonum spp. (Buckwheat)

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies of the Rocky Mountain States By Clifford D. Ferris and F. Martin Brown (eds)

Contributed by Joel Kits on 22 March, 2005 - 9:42pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 1 May, 2007 - 2:09pm

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