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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Sterrhini » Euacidalia

Genus Euacidalia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References
Tornos punctatus? - Euacidalia Euacidalia 7090 - Euacidalia brownsvillea 2018-11-03 Scalloped-winged wave - Euacidalia unknown moth - Euacidalia Euacidalia sericearia - Hodges#7087 - Euacidalia sericearia 3036627 moth - Euacidalia Another Brownsville Euacidalia? - Euacidalia
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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 Sterrhinae
Tribe Sterrhini
Genus Euacidalia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Packard, 1873
Parsons et al. (1999) included Obelopteryx Warren, 1906 as a junior synonym of Euacidalia Packard, 1873
Numbers
5 species in North America listed at All-Leps
Size
wingspan 17-21 mm, based on several Internet photos
Identification
Adult: forewing slender, light to medium brown; PM line dark, inconspicuous, parallel to outer margin, continuing straight to costa; AM line faint, broken or consisting of only 2 or 3 spots; discal spot usually present but not prominent; hindwing similar to forewing, with pale fringe
Range
mostly southern United States: Florida to California, north to Kentucky and Utah
Season
Internet records in July, August, February in California, Arizona, Texas respectively; one record from Kentucky on 17 August
See Also
Protoproutia species forewing PM line bends toward base near costa, whereas in Euacidalia the PM line continues straight to costa (compare images of both genera by Jim Vargo in Internet References section below)
Print References
Packard, A.S. 1873. Description of new North American Phalaenidae. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science. 5: 69
Internet References
pinned adult images of 2 species plus photos of related species/genera by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult images of E. quakerata and E. sericearia (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
pinned adult images of 2 species from McGuire Centre collection, Florida (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult image of E. orbelia [not native to North America] (Matthew Barnes, Moths of Jamaica)
presence in Florida; list of 1 species [sericearia] (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
presence in California; list of 1 species [puerta] (U. of California at Berkeley)
presence in Utah; list of 1 species [sericearia] (Joel Johnson, Utah Lepidopterists Society)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 January, 2008 - 11:42pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 December, 2015 - 3:50am

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