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Species Euchlaena muzaria - Hodges#6725

Euchlaena muzaria Muzaria Euchlaena Moth - Euchlaena muzaria Euchlaena muzaria - male Euchlaena muzaria - male Pennsylvania Moth - Euchlaena muzaria - female Euchlaena muzaria ? - Euchlaena muzaria - male Euchlaena muzaria - male Euchlaena muzaria - female
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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 Angeronini
Genus Euchlaena
Species muzaria (Euchlaena muzaria - Hodges#6725)
Hodges Number
6725
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euchlaena muzaria (Walker, 1860)
Phylogenetic sequence # 198500
Identification
Genitalia:

"muzaria - sacculus with broad spine patch, less than twice as long as wide; apical part of valve broader.
obtusaria - spine patch more slender, more than twice as long as wide, and more nearly confined to dorsal part of sacculus; outer part of valve narrower." Forbes, Lepidoptera of NY, pg 74.