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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 » Hymenodria » Hymenodria mediodentata - Hodges#7278 (Hymenodria mediodentata)

Species Hymenodria mediodentata - Hodges#7278

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · 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 Hydriomenini

Genus Hymenodria

Species mediodentata (Hymenodria mediodentata - Hodges#7278)

Hodges Number

7278

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hymenodria mediodentata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1911); n. comb. McDunnough, 1954 (1)

Hydriomena mediodentata Barnes & McDunnough, 1911; orig. comb., Barnes & McDunnough, 1911

Size

Forewing length: 13-15 mm (2).

Identification

See references below.

Range

Southeastern Arizona (Cochise and Pima County) (1) and western Texas (2).

Season

Adults reported from March to May (2).

Food

Unknown (2).

Life Cycle

Unknown (2).

Remarks

"Very few specimens of this species are known" (1).

Print References

Barnes, W.; McDunnough, J.H. 1911. New Genera and Species of North American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 19: 160.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	The Species of the Genus Hydriomena Occurring in America North of Mexico (Geometridae, Larentiinae). McDunnough, James H. 1954. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104(3): 241-358.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 11 March, 2016 - 3:09pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, lee_penner
Last updated 8 July, 2017 - 2:48pm

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