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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 » Ennomini » Ennomos

Genus Ennomos

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited
moth - Ennomos magnaria Caterpillar? - Ennomos subsignaria Ennomos magnaria Geometridae: Ennomos magnaria - Ennomos magnaria - male Maple Spanworm (Ennomos magnaria) 6797 - Ennomos magnaria Maple Spanworm Moth - Ennomos magnaria Ennomos subsignaria Elm Spanworm - Ennomos subsignaria
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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 Ennomini
Genus Ennomos
Other Common Names
"spanworm moths" (several other geometrid genera share the common name)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ennomos Treitschke, 1825
Eugonia Hübner, 1823 (preocc. Hübner, 1819)
Odoptera Sodoffsky, 1837
Deuteronomos Prout, 1914
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Ennomos is Greek meaning "lawful, just." (1)
Numbers
2 species in North America; both are present in US and Canada
Internet References
pinned adult image of both species in North America (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 January, 2005 - 7:50pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 July, 2014 - 10:51am

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