Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Stamnodini » Stamnodes » Stamnodes topazata - Hodges#7349 (Stamnodes topazata)

Species Stamnodes topazata - Hodges#7349

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Internet References
Stamnodes topazata Geometrid Moth - Stamnodes topazata Stamnodes topazata - female Stamnodes topazata Moth (?) near snow line - Stamnodes topazata Stamnodes topazata Small Moth in Forest Park - Stamnodes topazata Stamnodes topazata
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 Larentiinae
Tribe Stamnodini
Genus Stamnodes
Species topazata (Stamnodes topazata - Hodges#7349)
Hodges Number
7349
Numbers
one of 30 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps
4 subspecies listed at All-Leps: albida, apicata, arctica, topazata
Size
wingspan 21-22 mm, based on two photos at CBIF
Identification
Adult: forewing variably pale cream to dark yellow, with contrasting dark gray band across apex; hindwing similarly colored but without the dark apical band
Range
Alaska to Ontario, south to Colorado and northern California
Habitat
mountain and boreal forest and shrub tundra
See Also
related species lack a contrasting dark band across the forewing apex (compare images of 4 Stamnodes species at CBIF, and see 3 additional species by Jim Vargo at MPG)
Internet References
2 pinned adult images showing color variation (CBIF)
2 pinned adult images and collection site map (All-Leps)
distribution; PDF doc and habitat (J.D. Lafontaine and D.M. Wood, Butterflies and Moths of the Yukon)
presence in California; list (U. of California at Berkeley)
presence in Oregon; list of 21 specimens (Oregon State U.)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 January, 2008 - 11:20am
Last updated 9 January, 2008 - 5:03pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact