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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 » Bistonini

Tribe Bistonini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Moth - Lycia ursaria - male Small Phigalia - Hodges #6660 - Phigalia strigataria - male Caterpillar - Phigalia titea Striped Speckled Moth - Hypagyrtis geometer at home on rocks - Hypagyrtis brendae - male One-spotted Variant - Hypagyrtis unipunctata Erannis tiliaria? - Erannis tiliaria - male Moth to porch light - Phigalia strigataria - male
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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 Bistonini
Explanation of Names
From type genus Biston. In Greek mythology Biston was the son of Ares and Calliope. (1)
Numbers
A total of 22 species are represented in our fauna. (2)
Life Cycle
At times some species are of economic importance as defoliators of woodlands and shade trees. (2)
Remarks
Some members of the tribe, including species of Biston and Phigalia for example, have melanic forms: these have been studied for 'industrial melanism.' (Rindge 1975)
Print References
Rindge, F.H. 1975. A revision of the New World Bistonini, (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the AMNH 156 (2)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.A revision of the New World Bistonini, (Lepidoptera, Geometridae).
Frederick H. Rindge. 1975. American Museum of Natural History 156(2):.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 April, 2005 - 10:30pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 June, 2014 - 1:19pm

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