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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 » Archirhoe » Archirhoe neomexicana - Hodges#7295 (Archirhoe neomexicana)

Species Archirhoe neomexicana - Hodges#7295

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Archirhoe neomexicana? - Archirhoe neomexicana

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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 Archirhoe

Species neomexicana (Archirhoe neomexicana - Hodges#7295)

Hodges Number

7295

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Archirhoe neomexicana (Hulst, 1896)

Hydriomena neomexicana Hulst, 1896

Size

Wingspan 38-42 mm. (1)

Forewing length 17-20 mm. (2)

Range

California to Colorado, New Mexico, and central Texas. (3), (4), (5), (2)

Season

April to September in the Rocky Mountain states and year round in warmer areas.(2)

Food

Larval hosts include: (2)

Boerhavia sp.

Mirabilis laevis

Penstemon sp.

See Also

Euphyia implicata

Triphosa californiata - no markings on underside

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl.32.11-12, p.225. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Moths of SE Arizona

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

Works Cited

1.	Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

4.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

5.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 10 April, 2008 - 7:02pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 23 April, 2023 - 8:53am

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