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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Hydriomena » Hydriomena speciosata - Hodges#7263 (Hydriomena speciosata)

Species Hydriomena speciosata - Hodges#7263

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Hydriomena speciosata Hydriomena speciosata Hydriomena speciosata 1535 Hydriomena speciosata 7263 - Hydriomena speciosata 1744 Hydriomena speciosata 7263 - Hydriomena speciosata 910101 Hydriomena speciosata - Hydriomena speciosata Hydriomena speciosata Unidentied Moth - Hydriomena speciosata
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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 Larentiinae
Tribe Hydriomenini
Genus Hydriomena
Species speciosata (Hydriomena speciosata - Hodges#7263)
Hodges Number
7263
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hydriomena speciosata (Packard, 1873)
Hydriomena agassizi Swett, 1910
Hydriomena ameliata Swett, 1915
Hydriomena taylori Swett, 1910
Hypsipetes speciosata Packard, 1873
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910101
Size
Approx 31mm (based on CBIF specimen)
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:
Range
Western North America (1)(2)
Habitat
Commonly found in or near wet conifer forests
Season
Adults fly in midsummer
Food
Caterpillars feed on the foliage of species of Pinaceae such as grand fir (Abies grandis), spruce (Picea), pine (Pinus), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
NPWRC - Image of pinned adult and bio info
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 11 January, 2008 - 3:14pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 1:19pm

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