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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 » Hydriomena » Hydriomena crokeri - Hodges#7247 (Hydriomena crokeri)

Species Hydriomena crokeri - Hodges#7247

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Hydriomena

Species crokeri (Hydriomena crokeri - Hodges#7247)

Hodges Number

7247

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hydriomena crokeri Swett, 1910

Hydriomena autumnalis var. crokeri Swett, 1910

Hydriomena crokeri var. comstocki McDunnough, 1944

Hydriomena crokeri var. comstocki form waltoni McDunnough, 1944

Explanation of Names

Hydriomena crokeri Swett, 1910, originally described as a variety of autumnalis Stroms, 1783, was raised to full species status in Barnes & McDunnough (1917).

Size

25-28mm

Identification

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Range

Type locality: Victoria, BC.

Print References

Barnes & McDunnough, 1917: 26. (1) (crokeri raised to full species.)

McDunnough, 1954: 294. (2) (best description)

Swett, 1910: 278. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - Images of pinned and live adults

All-Leps - Image of pinned adult

CBIF - Image of pinned adult

BOLD Systems - Image of pinned adult

Works Cited

1.	Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4) William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.

2.	The Species of the Genus Hydriomena Occurring in America North of Mexico (Geometridae, Larentiinae). McDunnough, James H. 1954. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104(3): 241-358.

3.	New Hydriomena Varieties Swett, L.W. 1910. The Canadian Entomologist. 42(8): 277-283.

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 29 July, 2008 - 8:41pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 May, 2024 - 7:29pm

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