Species Leucobrephos brephoides - Scarce Infant - Hodges#6257

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6257 - Leucobrephos brephoides - Scarce Infant - Leucobrephos brephoides

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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 Archiearinae

Genus Leucobrephos

Species brephoides (Scarce Infant - Hodges#6257)

Hodges Number

6257

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anarta brephoides Walker 1857 (some Anarta species have white spots on hind wings but they are not closely related to Geometrid moths)

Habitat

"Open mixedwood forests of the boreal and mountain region." -- U. Alberta Entomology page

Season

Early spring

Food

Mostly Aspen, Birch, and Alder

Contributed by John F. Carr on 28 March, 2009 - 8:07pm

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