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Species Drepanulatrix falcataria - Hodges#6689

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Drepanulatrix falcataria - female Drepanulatrix falcataria - male Drepanulatrix falcataria - female Drepanulatrix falcataria Yellow moth with orange lines - Drepanulatrix falcataria Geometridae: Drepanulatrix falcataria - Drepanulatrix falcataria Drepanulatrix falcataria - male Drepanulatrix falcataria - 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 Caberini
Genus Drepanulatrix
Species falcataria (Drepanulatrix falcataria - Hodges#6689)
Hodges Number
6689
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
original combination Tephrosia falcataria Packard, 1873
Size
wingspan 25 - 30 mm (1)
Range
California to British Columbia and Idaho; Colorado and Utah (1)
Season
On the wing from December through August (1)
Food
Ceanothus
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the geometrid moths formerly assigned to Drepanulatrix (Lepidoptera)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1949. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 94(5).
Contributed by Cotinis on 5 April, 2007 - 4:23pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky, Steve Morris
Last updated 19 June, 2022 - 8:51am

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