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Species Pherne placeraria - Hodges#6949

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Ourapterygini
Genus Pherne
Species placeraria (Pherne placeraria - Hodges#6949)
Hodges Number
6949
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pherne placeraria (Guenée, [1858])
Ellopia placeraria Guenée, [1858]
Synonym
Tetracis mellitularia Hulst 1886
Size
Wingspan 32-35 mm. (1)
Range
California to Oregon. (2), (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from April to October. (1)
See Also
Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough(3) 1916. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 3: plate 15, fig. 13 (not fig. 8 as stated, see text on p. 189. Placeraria is the Lake Tahoe specimen.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
University of California, Berkeley
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 June, 2013 - 11:49am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 20 February, 2021 - 12:41pm

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