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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Stamnodini » Stamnodes » Stamnodes franckata - Hodges#7350 (Stamnodes franckata)

Species Stamnodes franckata - Hodges#7350

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

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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 Larentiinae

Tribe Stamnodini

Genus Stamnodes

Species franckata (Stamnodes franckata - Hodges#7350)

Hodges Number

7350

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stamnodes franckata (Pearsall, 1909)

Coenocalpe franckata Pearsall, 1909 (1)

Explanation of Names

Named after Mr. George Franck who gave two specimens to Pearsall (1).

Size

Wingspan: 25-31 mm (2).

Identification

See original description in the print references below.

Range

"In Texas, this species occurs in the Chisos Mountains, in Big Bend National Park, and in the Davis Mountains. It also occurs in the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona" (3). It has been collected in Colorado as well (4).

Season

Records from June to November (3).

See Also

Stamnodes formosata

Stamnodes seiferti

Print References

Pearsall, R.F. 1909. New Geometridae and Notes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 11: 130-131. (1)

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	New Geometridae and Notes Richard F. Pearsall. 1909. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	The Stamnodini (Geometridae: Larentiinae) of Texas Ed Knudson and Charles Bordelon. 2002. News of the Lepidopterists' Society.

4.	Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 27 September, 2015 - 6:59pm
Last updated 10 January, 2017 - 11:21pm

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