Species Hammaptera parinotata - Hammaptera Moth - Hodges#7314

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Hammaptera Moth - Hodges #7314 - Hammaptera parinotata

7314 Hammaptera Moth - Hammaptera parinotata

Unidentified Moth - Hammaptera parinotata

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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 Hammaptera

Species parinotata (Hammaptera Moth - Hodges#7314)

Hodges Number

7314

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hammaptera parinotata (Zeller, 1872)

Cidaria parinotata Zeller, 1872

Numbers

the only species in this genus in North America

Size

wingspan about 20 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing subterminal area has distinctive pair of dark "fingertip smudges" near apex; green tinting on forewing varies from bright and extensive to virtually non-existent; median area brownish-gray with paler central portion containing black slit-like discal spot; terminal line a series of black paired spots; fringe pale, checkered with black scales at ends of veins; hindwing gray, suffused with white basally; terminal line a series of black dashes

Range

southern United States: Arizona to Florida, north to Oklahoma. (1), (2)

See Also

Red Twin-Spot (Xanthorhoe ferrugata) shares the distinctive feature of a pair of dark "fingertip smudges" near the forewing apex, but has a reddish basal area, and the species has a northern distribution that doesn't overlap Hammaptera parinotata

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

2.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 January, 2008 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Harsi S. Parker, Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 10:01pm

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