Species Pterotaea cariosa - Hodges#6568

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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 Pterotaea

Species cariosa (Pterotaea cariosa - Hodges#6568)

Hodges Number

6568

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pterotaea cariosa Hulst, 1896 (1)

Size

Wingspan: 38mm (1).

Identification

See Hulst (1896) (1).

Range

Records from California (1) (2).

Season

May to September (2).

Print References

Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 23: 349. (1)

Internet References

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

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 6 February, 2016 - 10:05pm
Last updated 13 January, 2017 - 11:48pm

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