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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 » Tissue Moths (Triphosa) » Triphosa californiata - Hodges#7287 (Triphosa californiata)

Species Triphosa californiata - Hodges#7287

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Entephria takuata - Triphosa californiata Triphosa californiata Triphosa californiata Neoalcis of some kind ? - Triphosa californiata Triphosa californiata ? - Triphosa californiata 7287 - Triphosa californiata Triphosa californiata Triphosa californiata
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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 Triphosa (Tissue Moths)
Species californiata (Triphosa californiata - Hodges#7287)
Hodges Number
7287
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Triphosa californiata (Packard, 1871)
Mesoleuca packardata Grossbeck, 1907
Scotosia californiata Packard, 1871
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910125
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:
Range
western (AZ, CA, OR) (1)(2)
Food
HOSTS database lists Rhamnus crocea (Buckthorn)
See Also
The Tissue Moth, Triphosa haesitata is very similar, but may have large-dark patches.


Archirhoe neomexicana has a patterned underwing while Triphosa californiata is unmarked (Bruce Walsh)


Disclisioprocta stellata - Somber Carpet Moth
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Database (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 10 April, 2008 - 6:37pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 June, 2022 - 4:38pm

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