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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 » Ourapterygini » Sabulodes » Sabulodes edwardsata - Hodges#7004 (Sabulodes edwardsata)

Species Sabulodes edwardsata - Hodges#7004

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

7004 Sabulodes edwardsata - Sabulodes edwardsata - female

ill have to keep a better eye for these moths. - Sabulodes edwardsata

Geometridae: Sabulodes edwardsata - Sabulodes edwardsata

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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 Ourapterygini

Genus Sabulodes

Species edwardsata (Sabulodes edwardsata - Hodges#7004)

Hodges Number

7004

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

original combination Tetracis edwardsata Hulst, 1886

transfered to Phengommataea Hulst, 1896

Phengommataea synonomized with Sabulodes Rindge, 1978 (1)

Explanation of Names

named in honor of Henry Edwards

Size

wingspan 40-45 mm

Identification

Adults - pale yellowish-brown, with broad wavy darker brown median band. See Rindge's description (1)

Range

western United States and British Columbia

Season

adults fly in mid to late summer

Food

larvae feed on the foliage of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), and pine (Pinus spp.)

Internet References

The Moths of Canada (pinned adult image)

Jeff Miller, Macromoths of Northwest Forests (pinned adult image and text information)

Jeremy Tatum, Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island (live adult image)

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the genus Sabulodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Frederick H. Rindge. 1978. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 160(4): 193-292, f.1-154, tab.1.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 August, 2005 - 3:49pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 May, 2012 - 11:48am

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