Genus Glena

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Geometer moth to (hopefully) ID - Glena nigricaria - male

Glena cribrataria - Dotted Gray - Glena cribrataria - 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 Boarmiini

Genus Glena

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glena Hulst, 1896

Numbers

There are ten named species of Glena in America north of Mexico. (1), (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: 358 (3)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	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.

Contributed by Cotinis on 24 February, 2005 - 9:27pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 June, 2015 - 12:46pm

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