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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 » Palyadini » Phrygionis » Silvery Phrygionis - Hodges#6671 (Phrygionis paradoxata)

Species Phrygionis paradoxata - Silvery Phrygionis - Hodges#6671

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phrygionis argentata - Phrygionis paradoxata

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Silvery Phrygionis - Phrygionis paradoxata

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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 Palyadini

Genus Phrygionis

Species paradoxata (Silvery Phrygionis - Hodges#6671)

Hodges Number

6671

Other Common Names

Jeweled Satyr Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phrygionis paradoxata (Guenée, [1858])

Phrygionis privignaria Guenée, 1857 (1)

Phrygionis argentistriata Strecker, 1876 (1)

Numbers

3 Nearctic spp. - MPG

Range

South Florida, as well as the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic and Dominica. (1)

Season

All months - MPG

Remarks

Florida records (including all BugGuide posts) belong to the species P. paradoxata, not P. argentata. P. argentata is currently considered to be restricted to Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and St. Thomas (USVI). (Brou, 2010)

See Also

Phrygionis privignaria (Guenée) - MPG

Print References

Brou Jr., V.A. 2010. Phrygionis privignaria Guenée 1857 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Louisiana. South. Lepid. News 32: 35-39. Full PDF

Scoble, M.J. 1995. A review of the moth tribe Palyadini with the description of a new genus (Geometridae: Ennominae). Systematic Entomology 20(1): 35–58. Abstract

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – species page (2)

BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)

Wikipedia - brief description (1)

Works Cited

1.	Wikipedia

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 21 October, 2007 - 4:05pm
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, Chris Grinter
Last updated 31 March, 2017 - 1:09pm

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