Genus Perizoma

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Larentiinae

Tribe Hydriomenini

Genus Perizoma

Numbers

13 species in North America (nearctica.com)

Size

wingspan usually 20-25 mm

Identification

small geometers with banded brown forewings and plain whitish hindwings

Range

southern Canada and northern United States (extends further south in the Appalachians and Rockies)

Internet References

pinned adult images of several species (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 July, 2005 - 9:41am

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