Genus Protoboarmia

Classification · Numbers · Size · Range · Internet References

unknown AR moth #14 - Protoboarmia porcelaria - female

Porcelain Gray - Hodges#6598 - Protoboarmia porcelaria

Moth to porch light - Protoboarmia porcelaria - male

911017 Protoboarmia porcelaria 6598 - Protoboarmia porcelaria

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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 Protoboarmia

Numbers

1 species in North America

Size

wingspan 27-30 mm

Range

throughout North America except Yukon and presumably Alaska

Internet References

2 pinned adult images of the only North American species, Protoboarmia porcelaria (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 February, 2005 - 6:53pm

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