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Genus Stamnodes

Shiny Gray Carpet Moth - Stamnodes gibbicostata Stamnodes modocata? - Stamnodes modocata Stamnodes formosata Stamnodes formosata Moth - Stamnodes marmorata Geometridae: Stamnodes blackmorei - Stamnodes blackmorei Stamnodes fergusoni Stamnodes fergusoni
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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 Stamnodini
Genus Stamnodes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stamnodes Guenée, [1858]
Grammicopteryx Thierry-Mieg, 1904
Synneuria Mabille, 1885
Tora Walker, 1867
Marmopteryx Packard
The following genus has been treated as a synonym, but is maintained as distinct by most authors.
Stamnoctenis Warren
Numbers
About 35 species in North America north of Mexico, with other species from Neotropics and Palearctic.
Distinction between some of the more closely related species is difficult, and it seems likely that at least a few of these may be only variants or subspecies of one-another.
Food
Larval hosts are varied, with a majority reported being Lamiaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, or woody Rosaceae.
Print References
Furniss, M.M. et al, 1988. Taxonomy, Life History, and Ecology of a Mountain-mahogany Defoliator, Stamnodes animata (Pearsail), in Nevada. USFWS, Fish and Wildlife Research 3 [University of Idaho Agriculture Experiment Station Research Paper 8673]
Internet References
Friends' Central School Lepidoptera Research
Moth Photographer's Group, plate 17.8 - Geometridae: Stamnodini & Eudulini
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 9 August, 2007 - 10:33am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 September, 2020 - 11:52am

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