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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Thera » Thera otisi - Hodges#7219 (Thera otisi)

Species Thera otisi - Hodges#7219

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Thera otisi
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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 Larentiinae
Tribe Hydriomenini
Genus Thera
Species otisi (Thera otisi - Hodges#7219)
Hodges Number
7219
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Thera otisi (Dyar, 1904)
Mesoleuca simulata otisi Dyar, 1904
Numbers
There are four species of the genus Thera in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 12-14 mm. (1)
Identification
Dyar (1904) original description as Mesoleuca simulata otisi is available in the print references.
Larva have yellowish green head, body is green with yellowish subdorsal stripe. Spiracular stripe is red and white, with the red on top. Mature larva reach 16 mm.
Range
British Columbia and western Alberta south to southern Colorado, Oregon and eastern Arizona(1)
Season
Adults fly August to September. (1)
Food
Larval host is Juniperus communis (common juniper). (1)
Remarks
Uncommon.
See Also
Thera contractata
Thera juniperata
Compared at Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility.
Print References
Dyar, H.G., 1904. The Lepidoptera of the Kootenai District of British Columbia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 27: 898.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 224, pl. 31.42. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Geometroidea of Canada
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 August, 2011 - 3:46pm
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 8:33pm

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