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Species Eufidonia notataria - Powder Moth - Hodges#6638

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Eufidonia notataria Moth sp - Eufidonia notataria Eufidonia notataria Eufidonia notataria - Eufidonia notataria Eufidonia notataria - male Eufidonia notataria Eufidonia notataria Eufidonia notataria
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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 Melanolophiini
Genus Eufidonia (Powder Moths)
Species notataria (Powder Moth - Hodges#6638)

Hodges Number

6638

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tephrosia notataria Walker, 1860
Eufidonia notataria Walker, 1860

Identification

Eufidonia convergaria is separated by dissection.

Life Cycle

Overwinters as a pupa(1)

Print References

Forbes, W.T.M. 1948. Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states. Part II. Memoir. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. 274: 63
McGuffin, 1977: Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera): II. Subfamily Ennominae. 2. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 101: 1-191 (Description and keys to adult and larvae)
Walker, F. 1860. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 21: 407

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - photos of living and pinned adults
Barcoding Life

Works Cited

1.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by tom murray on 18 June, 2005 - 9:41am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Marci Hess, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 22 August, 2023 - 1:39pm

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