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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Rindgeria » Rindgeria ornata - Hodges#6984 (Rindgeria ornata)

Species Rindgeria ornata - Hodges#6984

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Ennominae

Tribe Ourapterygini

Genus Rindgeria

Species ornata (Rindgeria ornata - Hodges#6984)

Hodges Number

6984

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rindgeria ornata (Rindge, 1958)

Pityeja ornata Rindge, 1958 (1)

Generic placement is provisional (2).

Explanation of Names

Rindgeria ornata Rindge, 1958, n. comb. (n. genus) in Heppner (2010), was formerly placed in the genus Pityeja int eh Hodges 1983 Checklist.

Size

FWL: 15 to 18 mm (1).

Identification

See original description in print references below (1).

Range

Records from Cochise County, Arizona (1) south into Mexico (Sierra Madre Occidentale and central Sonora) (3).

Season

Records from June and July (1) into August and September (3).

Print References

Heppner, J.B., 2010. The new genus Rindgeria and its species in North America and Central America (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). Lepidoptera Novae, 3(3): 149-153.

Rindge, F.H. 1958. "Descriptions of and notes on North American Geometridae (Lepidoptera). No. 3". American Museum Novitates, 1910: 22, figs. 4, 20, 21, 24 (1).

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of and notes on North American Geometridae (Lepidoptera). No. 3. Frederick H. Rindge, Charles P. Kimball, Loyd M. Martin . 1958. American Museum Novitates 1910: 1-24.

2.	Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.

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

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 16 July, 2017 - 9:50pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 21 March, 2022 - 5:29am

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