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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Hydriomena » Renounced Hydriomena - Hodges#7236 (Hydriomena renunciata)

Species Hydriomena renunciata - Renounced Hydriomena - Hodges#7236

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Hydriomena renunciata 1756 Hydriomena renunciata columbiata 7236 - Hydriomena renunciata 7236 Renounced Hydriomena - Hydriomena renunciata Hydriomena renunciata - Renounced Hydriomena - Hydriomena renunciata Renounced Hydriomena Moth - Hydriomena renunciata Hydriomena renunciata Pennsylvania Moth - Hydriomena renunciata Pennsylvania Moth - Hydriomena renunciata
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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 Hydriomenini
Genus Hydriomena
Species renunciata (Renounced Hydriomena - Hodges#7236)
Hodges Number
7236
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hydriomena renunciata (Walker, 1862) Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
Larentia? renunciata Walker, 1862. (original description included a question mark after the genus)
Hydriomena autumnalis columbiata Taylor, 1906
Hydriomena renunciata columbiata (Taylor, 1906)
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

Remarks
Some of the BOLD specimens here are said to not match this species 100%, which seems confusing. However, this may be due to the fact that this species is very similar to some others in this genus and is composed of two subspecies. (1)
See here:

Subspecies:
Hydriomena renunciata renunciata (nominate) Most of the data points are east of the Rocky Mountains.
Hydriomena renunciata columbiata (western distribution)
See Also
Sharp Green Hydriomena Moth - Hydriomena pluviata


Transfigured Hydriomena Moth - Hydriomena transfigurata
Print References
Barnes, W. & McDunnough, J.H. 1917 A revision of the genus Hydriomena HBN. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America. 4(1): 25
Taylor, G.W. 1906 Some new Geometridae from British Columbia. The Canadian Entomologist. 38: 399
McDunnough, J.H. 1954 The species of the genus Hydriomena occurring in America north of Mexico (Geometridae, Larentiinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 104(3): 274-279 (includes descriptions of subspecies)
Walker, F. 1862 List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 24: 1187
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)(3)
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 31 August, 2007 - 7:25pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 10:41am

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