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Species Metarranthis mollicularia - Hodges#6833

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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 Anagogini
Genus Metarranthis
Species mollicularia (Metarranthis mollicularia - Hodges#6833)
Hodges Number
6833
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Metarranthis mollicularia (Zeller, 1872)
Epione mollicularia Zeller, 1872
Identification
See Packard (1876) below.
Range
Midwestern U.S.
Type locality: TX
Print References
Packard, A.S., 1876. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the territories. 10: 485
Zeller, P.C. 1872. Beiträge zur Kentniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 22: 481
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 26 April, 2016 - 8:44pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 29 August, 2018 - 5:24am

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