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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 » Boarmiini » Stenoporpia » Stenoporpia macdunnoughi - Hodges#6470 (Stenoporpia macdunnoughi)

Species Stenoporpia macdunnoughi - Hodges#6470

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Stenoporpia macdunnoughi Geometridae in tribe Boarmiini, similar to Stenoporpia - Stenoporpia macdunnoughi - female Geometrid moth adult - Stenoporpia macdunnoughi - female Geometrid moth pupa - Stenoporpia macdunnoughi Geometrid moth caterpillar - Stenoporpia macdunnoughi Arizona Moth - Stenoporpia macdunnoughi Stenoporpia macdunnoughi - male Arizona Moth - Stenoporpia macdunnoughi
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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 Boarmiini
Genus Stenoporpia
Species macdunnoughi (Stenoporpia macdunnoughi - Hodges#6470)
Hodges Number
6470
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stenoporpia macdunnoughi Sperry, 1938
Stenoporpia anellula McDunnough, 1920
Size
Rindge (1968) listed the forewing length. (1)
♂ 18-22 mm.
♀ 19-22 mm.
Identification
The Rindge (1968) revised description in PDF. (1)
The pale wings have bold discal spot and wide reddish brown bands along the transverse lines.
Range
Rindge (1968) listed the range to include New Mexico, Arizona(2), and Utah(3), to South Dakota. (4), (5), (6), (1)
Holotype ♂ and allotype ♀ were collected in Colorado, Larimer County, Estes Park. (1)
Season
The main flight period appears to be May through October. (5), (1)
See Also
This distinctive species is unlikely to be confused with others in the region.
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Rindge, F.H. 1968. A revision of the moth genus Stenoporpia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 140(2). p. 113; plate 5, fig. 5; plate 10, fig. 5; plate 15, fig. 3. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group(5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the moth genus Stenoporpia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1968. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 140(2): 65-134.
2.Moths of Southeast Arizona
3.Survey of Utah Moth Species
4. Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Annotated List of Moths Recorded at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 July, 2009 - 6:23pm
Last updated 4 December, 2013 - 1:01am

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