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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 » Macariini » Digrammia » Digrammia subminiata - Hodges#6399 (Digrammia subminiata)

Species Digrammia subminiata - Hodges#6399

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Digrammia subminiata? - Digrammia subminiata

Digrammia decorata? - Digrammia subminiata

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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 Macariini

Genus Digrammia

Species subminiata (Digrammia subminiata - Hodges#6399)

Hodges Number

6399

Other Common Names

proposed name: Dark-waved Angle (currently has no common name)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Digrammia subminiata (Packard, 1873)

formerly Semiothisa subminiata

Size

wingspan 20-25 mm

Identification

forewing with postmedial (PM) line in the shape of a 1-cycle sine wave, thickest near inner margin, and bordered distally by dark shading; antemedial (AM) line straight or arc-shaped, also thickest near inner margin; dark discal spot near middle of wing; area along costa may or may not have orangish shading

hindwing mostly unmarked (may have short dark line near inner margin)

Range

widespread in NA (1)

Remarks

Presence in Ontario may indicate range expansion eastward

See Also

Decorated Granite Moth - Digrammia decorata

Digrammia hebetata

Mesquite Looper Moth - Rindgea cyda

Signate Looper Moth - Rindgea s-signata

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

pinned adult images showing 3 variations in color/shading (CBIF)

distribution in Canada; list (CBIF)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 29 July, 2005 - 5:26pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 March, 2018 - 9:36am

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