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Species Mericisca gracea - Hodges#6605

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mericisca gracea - female Mericisca gracea - Mericisca gracea - male Mericisca gracea - male what am I? - Mericisca gracea - female Mericisca gracea - male Geometrid - Mericisca gracea - female Geometrid - Mericisca gracea - female Ennominae sp? - Mericisca gracea - female
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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 Mericisca
Species gracea (Mericisca gracea - Hodges#6605)
Hodges Number
6605
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mericisca gracea Hulst, 1896
Phylogenetic sequence # 195300
Size
Forewing length 16-22 mm.
Range
Colorado, southern Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. (1)(2)(3)(4)
Habitat
5000 to 9000' (1)
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reported February to April and June to August flights. (1)
See Also
Parapheromia falsata
Print References
(4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.A revision of the moth genus Mericisca (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1972. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 149(4): 341-406.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 23 July, 2009 - 6:05pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 February, 2023 - 5:59pm

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