Subfamily Ennominae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

False Crocus/Crocus Geometer Moth - Xanthotype - female

Toothed Phigalia - Hodges#6659 - Phigalia denticulata

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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

Numbers

Contains about half of the world's known species of Geometridae. 751 N. American species.

Identification

The lack of an M2 vein in the hindwing is the distinguishing characteristic of the subfamily (Matthew Barnes, Moths of the Grenadines)

Remarks

Many are gray, but colors vary.

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 5 April, 2005 - 5:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 September, 2005 - 1:36pm

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