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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Nacophorini » Phaeoura » Phaeoura mexicanaria - Hodges#6766 (Phaeoura mexicanaria)

Species Phaeoura mexicanaria - Hodges#6766

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Moth 2 - Phaeoura mexicanaria - male Phaeoura mexicanaria - male Phaeoura mexicanaria Phaeoura mexicanaria on mullein stalk - Phaeoura mexicanaria - female Geometridae: Phaeoura mexicanaria - Phaeoura mexicanaria Phaeoura mexicanaria Pine Looper Moth - Phaeoura mexicanaria - male Phaeoura mexicanaria - Hodges#6766? - Phaeoura mexicanaria - male
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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 Ennominae
Tribe Nacophorini
Genus Phaeoura
Species mexicanaria (Phaeoura mexicanaria - Hodges#6766)
Hodges Number
6766
Explanation of Names
Author is Grote, 1883.
Size
male forewing 23-28 mm; female forewing 27-30 mm (1)
Identification
Very large species with large, orange-brown patch above the forewing tornus and with a very deep bend into the cell by the AM line. (1)
Range
western United States
Season
June to August (1)
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on Pinus species.
Print References
Dewey, Jerald E. 1972. A pine looper, Phaeoura mexicanaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), in southeastern Montana with notes on its biology. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 65, pp. 306-309, figs. 1-4.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1961. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; v.123, article 2.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 December, 2007 - 5:54am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 25 January, 2023 - 10:09am

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