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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Boarmiini » Glaucina » Glaucina ampla - Hodges#6500 (Glaucina ampla)

Species Glaucina ampla - Hodges#6500

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Boarmiini
Genus Glaucina
Species ampla (Glaucina ampla - Hodges#6500)
Hodges Number
6500
Size
Forewing 15-18 mm (1)
Range
southern California (1)
Habitat
mountainous areas at elevations of ~6000 feet (1)
Season
late July to September (1)
See Also
Glaucina magnifica has better defined forewing maculation, flies later (Sept to December) and is known from coastal areas of southern California (1)
Glaucina golgolata is generally smaller with better defined forewing maculation and is found in the deserts of Southern California up thru the Great Basin Desert (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Glaucina, Synglochis, and Eubarnesia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick. H. Rindge. 1959. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 118: 265-365.
Contributed by Steve Morris on 8 December, 2022 - 9:09am
Last updated 8 December, 2022 - 10:41am

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