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Species Phaeoura cana - Hodges#6771

Phaeoura sp. - Phaeoura cana - male
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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 Nacophorini
Genus Phaeoura
Species cana (Phaeoura cana - Hodges#6771)
Hodges Number
6771
Size
male forewing 23-24 mm (1)
Identification
dark brown ST area in male (1)
Range
southern California (1)
See Also
Comparisons and differences between similar species are discussed in Rindge (1961) linked below. (1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1961. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; v.123, article 2.