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Species Digrammia eremiata - Hodges#6357

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Digrammia ordinata - Digrammia eremiata Digrammia ordinata - Digrammia eremiata Unknown gray moth in Alabama - Digrammia eremiata
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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 Macariini
Genus Digrammia
Species eremiata (Digrammia eremiata - Hodges#6357)

Hodges Number

6357

Size

Forewing length = 9.5-12.5 mm (1)

Identification

Three similar, subparallel, equally spaced transverse lines on gray-brown forewing; two lines on hindwing; lines likely to be complete and continuous, but occasionally indistinct; discal spots not usually apparent; subterminal band may be present in middle of subterminal space. (1)

Range

New Hampshire to Florida and west to Texas and Great Plains (1)

See Also

Digrammia equivocata

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Steve Morris on 30 November, 2022 - 9:34am

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