Subfamily Alsophilinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Fall Cankerworm Moth - Alsophila pometaria

Spring Cankerworm Moth - Alsophila pometaria

Fall Cankerworm - Alsophila pometaria - male

Fall Cankerworm Moth - Alsophila pometaria - male

What am I? - Alsophila pometaria - female

What's this? - Alsophila pometaria - female

Wingless Female Moth - Alsophila pometaria - female

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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 Alsophilinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

treated as Oenochrominae prior to the classification used by Scoble (1999)

Remarks

Scoble's 1999 classifcation uses a stricter definition of the Oenochrominae, applying it only to a suite of robust-bodied Australian genera, and placing the group of delicate Holarctic taxa in the subfamily Alsophilinae (see a pre-1999 discussion at The Moths of Borneo)

Print References

Geometrid Moths of the World. A Catalog. Malcolm Scoble et al (1999)

Internet References

pinned adult image thumbnails of male and female Alsophila pometaria (CBIF)

Contributed by Tony-2 on 31 October, 2005 - 1:08pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod
Last updated 24 July, 2009 - 8:58am

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