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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
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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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