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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 » Melanolophiini » Astalotesia » Astalotesia bucurvata - Hodges#6639.1 (Astalotesia bucurvata)

Species Astalotesia bucurvata - Hodges#6639.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Astalotesia bucurvata - Hodges #6639.1 - Astalotesia bucurvata - female
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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 Melanolophiini
Genus Astalotesia
Species bucurvata (Astalotesia bucurvata - Hodges#6639.1)
Hodges Number
6639.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Astalotesia bucurvata A. Blanchard & Knudson, 1983 (1)
Numbers
Astalotesia bucurvata is the only member of the genus listed for America, north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Blanchard & Knudson (1983) reported the forewing length. (1)
♂ 18.5-19.7 mm. (n=5)
♀ 18 mm. (n=1)
Range
Western Texas. (3), (1)
Holotype ♂ collected in Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. 29-III-1982, Ed Knudson. (1)
Season
Collection records from March and May. (3), (1)
Food
Blanchard & Knudson (1983) did not report host a plant or information on immature stages. (1)
Print References
Blanchard, A. & E.C. Knudson, 1983. A new genus and species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from Big Bend National Park, Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 85: 553. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Works Cited
1.A new genus and species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from Big Bend National Park, Texas
André Blanchard, Edward C. Knudson. 1983. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 85: 552-556.
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 July, 2013 - 2:28pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 2:38pm

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