HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Previous events

TaxonomyBrowse

Info

ImagesLinksBooksData

Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Somatolophia » Somatolophia haydenata - Hodges#6947 (Somatolophia haydenata)

Species Somatolophia haydenata - Hodges#6947

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Ourapterygini

Genus Somatolophia

Species haydenata (Somatolophia haydenata - Hodges#6947)

Hodges Number

6947

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Somatolophia haydenata (Packard, 1876)

Gnophos haydenata Packard, 1876

Gnophus [sic] haydenata Gumppenburg, 1893

Gnophos haydenatum [sic] Smith, 1891

Alcis haydenata Hulst, 1896

Somatolophia haydenata Barnes and McDunnough, 1917

Somatolophia umbripennis Hulst, 1896

Size

Forewing length: 16-22 mm (1).

Identification

"Head, thorax, and abdomen similar to those of pallescens; antennae with from 49 to 51 segments, terminal 12 to 14 simple, longest pectinations 1.5 to 1.6mm. in length" (1).

Genitalia:

Range

Colorado, New Mexico, and western Texas (1). MPG also includes records from Arizona (2).

Season

March to October. "Specimens have been collected in western Texas from March into May, and again in September and October. In New Mexico and Colorado, most moths were taken from late June into August" (1).

Food

Dyar (1903b) reared larvae from Prunus (Rosaceae) and Polygonum (Polygonaceae). However, because no adults emerged and the parent female was not preserved, this cannot be confirmed (1).

See Also

Somatolophia pallescens is similar and is best told apart through dissection.

Print References

Dyar, Harrison G. 1903b. Descriptions of the larvae of some moths from Colorado. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol. 25, pp. 390-392.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the moth genus Somatolophia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) Frederick H. Rindge. 1980. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 155(3): 291-334.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 8 January, 2017 - 12:12am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 8:29pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version