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Species Glena nigricaria - Hodges#6448

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth # 07-249 - Glena nigricaria Moth - Glena nigricaria - female Moth 6-28-11 01a - Glena nigricaria - female 6027724 Geometrid - Glena nigricaria - male moth, dark gray - Glena nigricaria - female Melanolophia imitata? - Glena nigricaria - male Glena nigricaria - male Geometridae - Glena nigricaria - 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 Boarmiini
Genus Glena
Species nigricaria (Glena nigricaria - Hodges#6448)
Hodges Number
6448
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glena nigricaria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Selidosema nigricaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Size
Wingspan 32-36 mm. (1)
Forewing length 15-20 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - forewing light to dark gray with black lines, variably sharp and distinct to diffuse and indistinct; AM line does not extend onto hindwing; first abdominal segment same color as remaining segments (not pale).
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:



Larva - final instar larva is light green with a blue or grey line inside a broad dorsal stripe, with grey or white longitudinal lines, and a brown patch on the thoracic and first abdominal segments. (2)
Range
British Columbia to eastern California, east to Arizona, south into Mexico. (2)
Season
Larvae feed from mid-July to early September. Adults fly mid-May to mid-August.(2)
Food
Larval host are pines, predominantly ponderosa pine, but also lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir. (2)
Life Cycle
Larva drops to the ground to pupate in a thin shelter near the surface of the soil. (2)
See Also
Common Gray (Anavitrinella pampinaria) forewing AM line extends onto base of hindwing, and first abdominal segment is pale, contrasting against remaining segments.


Parapheromia cassinoi
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1913. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America 2(3): 129, pl.7, f.11 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
presence in California; list of 17 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)
presence in Utah; list (Joel Johnson, Utah Lepidopterists Society)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 July, 2008 - 10:50pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 7:06pm

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