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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 » Macariini » Macaria » Macaria ponderosae - Hodges#6338.1 (Macaria ponderosae)

Species Macaria ponderosae - Hodges#6338.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Macaria ponderosae - Hodges #6338.1 - Macaria ponderosae - female Moth - Macaria ponderosae Macaria ponderosae Macaria ponderosae Macaria ponderosae Macaria ponderosae
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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 Macariini
Genus Macaria
Species ponderosae (Macaria ponderosae - Hodges#6338.1)
Hodges Number
6338.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macaria ponderosae Ferguson 2008 (1)
Size
Ferguson (2008) reported the forewing length. (1)
♂ 14-15 mm.
♀ 13-16 mm.
Identification
There is no variations in the forewing maculation. (1)
Range
Western Texas and Arizona to South Dakota and Montana. (2), (1)
Season
The adults are most common from May to August. (2), (1)
See Also
Macaria transitaria
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, p. 201; pl. 5.1-3. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 July, 2013 - 12:00pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 2:40pm

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