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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Emeralds (Geometrinae) » Nemoriini » Nemoria » Nemoria rindgei - Hodges#7050 (Nemoria rindgei)

Species Nemoria rindgei - Hodges#7050

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Nemoria rindgei - Hodges #7050 - Nemoria rindgei - male

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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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)

Tribe Nemoriini

Genus Nemoria

Species rindgei (Nemoria rindgei - Hodges#7050)

Hodges Number

7050

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nemoria rindgei Ferguson, 1969 (1)

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Frederick. H. Rindge.

Numbers

The genus Nemoria has 36 species listed for America, north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Ferguson (1985) reported the forewing length. (3)

Holotype ♂ 12.5 mm.

♀ (n=3) 12-13.5 mm.

Range

Western Texas, New Mexico. (3)

Holotype collected at Sitting Bull Falls, 4,800', 42 mi SW of Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico. (3)

Season

Collection records from June. (3)

Life Cycle

Ferguson (1985) reported the early stages and host plant unknown. (3)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (2)

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 29: 117. (1)

Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1, p. 68; pl. 3.33-35. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera) Douglas C. Ferguson. 1969. Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae Douglas C. Ferguson . 1985. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 July, 2013 - 8:00pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 2:33pm

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