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Species Hydriomena albifasciata - Hodges#7261

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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 Hydriomenini
Genus Hydriomena
Species albifasciata (Hydriomena albifasciata - Hodges#7261)
Hodges Number
7261
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hydriomena albifasciata (Packard, 1874)
Hypsipetes albifasciata Packard in 1874
Hypsipetes furcata albifasciata
Numbers
The genus has more than 56 species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Identification
Highly variable.

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Specimens identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)
Food
Caterpillars feed on Coast Live Oak, Quercus agrifolia, but have also been reported on maple, genus Acer