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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Angeronini » Euchlaena » Forked Euchlaena - Hodges#6735 (Euchlaena pectinaria)

Species Euchlaena pectinaria - Forked Euchlaena - Hodges#6735

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Season · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Forked Euchlaena - Euchlaena pectinaria Euchlaena pectinaria - female Which Euchlaena ? - Euchlaena pectinaria - male Euchlaena pectinaria Euchlaena pectinaria Euchlaena deductaria (Euchlaena pectinaria)? - Euchlaena pectinaria - male Euchlaena pectinaria Euchlaena pectinaria - 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 Angeronini
Genus Euchlaena
Species pectinaria (Forked Euchlaena - Hodges#6735)
Hodges Number
6735
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euchlaena pectinaria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 (misidentification, see Remarks) (1)
Size
WS ≈ 42mm (1)
Season
Adults are on wing from April to August (1)
Remarks
The name Euchlaella pectillaria was erroneously applied to this species, while this American species is to be correctly called by its previously considered junior synonym, Euchlaella deductaria. The name pectillaria is a junior synonym of the European species Odontopera bidentata. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live & pinned adults (2)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (3)
Mothguide – image of pinned adult and taxonomic change (4)
Wikipedia - brief description & image (1)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Moth Guide
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 September, 2009 - 12:36am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 16 January, 2017 - 11:02am

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