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Species Glena cribrataria - Dotted Gray - Hodges#6449

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · 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 Ennominae
Tribe Boarmiini
Genus Glena
Species cribrataria (Dotted Gray - Hodges#6449)
Hodges Number
6449
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glena cribrataria (Guenée, [1858])
Tephrosia cribrataria Guenée, [1858]
Boarmia fuliginaria Hulst, 1888 (215) (Described from a single melanistic specimen)
Size
Wingspan 23-31 mm.
Forewing length 12-17 mm. (1)
Range
Eastern North America. (1)
Season
Adults fly beginning in March in the south and late April in the north through August. (1)
Food
Larvae feed on leaves of poplar, spruce, willow. (1)
Print References
Covell, p. 352, plate 52 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Glena (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1965. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 129(3).
2.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
Contributed by Cotinis on 24 February, 2005 - 9:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 June, 2015 - 6:57pm

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