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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 » Hydriomenini » Eulithis » The Phoenix - Hodges#7199.1 (Eulithis prunata)

Species Eulithis prunata - The Phoenix - Hodges#7199.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · 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 Hydriomenini
Genus Eulithis
Species prunata (The Phoenix - Hodges#7199.1)
Hodges Number
7199.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eulithis prunata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Petrophora prunata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geometra prunata Linnaeus, 1758
Size
Forewing length: 15-18 mm., Wingspan: 33-38 mm (1).
Range
A Palearctic species with records from Quebec (2) and New Hampshire (1).
Food
Larvae in Europe feed on Ribes (3).
Internet References
Species page at Lepiforum (German)
Species page at UKMoths (3)
Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.A monograph of the geometrid moths or Phalaenidae of the United States
Packard, A.S. 1876. United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 1-607.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.UKMoths
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 12 December, 2015 - 3:17pm
Last updated 21 January, 2017 - 12:35am

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