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Species Glaucina epiphysaria - Hodges#6493

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth attracted to black light - Glaucina epiphysaria Geometrid - Glaucina epiphysaria Glaucina epiphysaria - 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 Ennominae
Tribe Boarmiini
Genus Glaucina
Species epiphysaria (Glaucina epiphysaria - Hodges#6493)
Hodges Number
6493
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glaucina epiphysaria Dyar, 1908
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the wingspan 11-13 mm. (1)
Range
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the range to include southeastern California and the lower elevations of Arizona. (1)
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reported two flights of March to May, and August to September. (1)
Moth Photographers Group shows January to September, and November records. (2)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) listed Olneya sp. ironwood (Fabaceae). (1)
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 27, fig. 47; p. 207. (1)
Rindge, 1959. (3) (species description, range map, photos of pinned samples, genitalia illustrations)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.A revision of the Glaucina, Synglochis, and Eubarnesia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick. H. Rindge. 1959. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 118: 265-365.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 October, 2013 - 1:04am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 27 July, 2017 - 12:46pm

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