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Species Digrammia fieldi - Hodges#6402

Digrammia subminiata? - Digrammia fieldi Digrammia subminiata ? - Digrammia fieldi Digrammia fieldi
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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 fieldi (Digrammia fieldi - Hodges#6402)
Hodges Number
6402
Size
Forewing length = 11-14 mm (1)
Identification
Forewing gray to reddish gray; with or without dark banding below the PM line; PM line generally more straight than D. subminiata or D. decorata. (1)
Range
Southwest - California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas (1)
Season
March to October (1)
Food
possibly willow (1)
See Also
Digrammia decorata - more northern but range overlaps in east-central California (1)
Digrammia subminiatia - known to occur together in Owens Valley, CA (1)
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.