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Species Metanema inatomaria - Pale Metanema - Hodges#6819

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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 Anagogini
Genus Metanema
Species inatomaria (Pale Metanema - Hodges#6819)

Hodges Number

6819

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Metanema inatomaria Guenée, [1858]
Phylogenetic Sequence # 911251

Size

Forewing length 13-16 mm.(1)

Identification

The sexes are very similar in size. Male have bipectinate antennae. (2)
Specimen identified by DNA analysis: (3)

Range

Records from most of North America. (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)
Moth Photographers Group map

Season

The main flight period is March to September. (5)

Food

Forest trees (10); especially aspen and poplar, also willow (11)

Life Cycle

Overwinter as pupae in cocoons in bark crevices (11)
Eggs, young larval face, larval face, larva, adult female:

See Also

Metanema determinata

Print References

Covell, p. 365, plate 54 #9 (10)
Guenée, 1857. Phal. 1: 171, pl. 3 fig. 7.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 29.37; p. 216.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Geometroidea of Canada
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (12)

Works Cited

1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Metanema brunneilinearia (Grossbeck) misplaced in Synaxis (Hulst) Geometridae Ennominae
Clifford D. Ferris. 2009. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 63(3): 166-168.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
7.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
8. Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)
9.Survey of Utah Moth Species
10.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
11.Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History (Princeton Field Guides)
David L. Wagner. 2010. Princeton University Press, 1-496.
12.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Mike Boone on 1 July, 2005 - 1:36pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 January, 2022 - 2:09pm

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