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Species Horisme rectilineata - Hodges#7447

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Horisme rectilineata - Horisme rectilineata
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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 Larentiinae
Tribe Eupitheciini
Genus Horisme
Species rectilineata (Horisme rectilineata - Hodges#7447)
Hodges Number
7447
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Horisme rectilineata (Taylor, 1907)
Eucymatoge rectilineata Taylor, 1907
Phylogentic Sequence # 910294
Range
western (CO, UT) (1)(2)
See Also
Check the shape of the PM line on the fore-wings (near the inner margin) to eliminate Horisme incana. (bumpy, not flattened)
(western US and Canada)

Check the overall shading of the fore-wings to eliminate Horisme intestinata. (grayish brown or tan, without a darker median band)
(widespread in North America)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 5 July, 2023 - 11:14am
Last updated 5 July, 2023 - 1:35pm

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