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Species Paraglaucina hulstinoides - Hodges#6521

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What moth? - Paraglaucina hulstinoides Moth E 10.21.16 - Paraglaucina hulstinoides Moth 10.16.17 - Paraglaucina hulstinoides - male Moth A 10.18.17 - Paraglaucina hulstinoides Moth D 10.25.17 - Paraglaucina hulstinoides Moth B 11.5.18 - Paraglaucina hulstinoides Moth C 11.4.19 - Paraglaucina hulstinoides - male Geaometrid Moth? - Paraglaucina hulstinoides
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Boarmiini
Genus Paraglaucina
Species hulstinoides (Paraglaucina hulstinoides - Hodges#6521)

Hodges Number

6521

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Paraglaucina hulstinoides (Grossbeck, 1912)
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910937

Size

FWL = 12-15 mm (1)

Identification

females have shortly pectinate antennae (1)

Range

south-western (AZ, CA, NV) (2)(3)

Season

September to December (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.A revision of the Glaucina, Synglochis, and Eubarnesia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick. H. Rindge. 1959. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 118: 265-365.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 1 December, 2019 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 28 November, 2022 - 11:13am

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