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Species Drepanulatrix bifilata - Hodges#6684

Drepanulatrix bifilata - female moth - Drepanulatrix bifilata Moth - Drepanulatrix bifilata - female Moth - Drepanulatrix bifilata - male Drepanulatrix bifilata - female Drepanulatrix bifilata - male Drepanulatrix unicalcaria - Drepanulatrix bifilata - male Drepanulatrix bifilata - 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 Caberini
Genus Drepanulatrix
Species bifilata (Drepanulatrix bifilata - Hodges#6684)
Hodges Number
6684
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Drepanulatrix bifilata (Hulst, 1880)
Lozogramma bifilata Hulst, 1880 (1)
Thamnonoma perpallidaria Grote, 1882
Drepanulatrix carneata (Warren, 1904)
Numbers
one of twelve named species in the genus for North America north of Mexico
plus several known but undescribed species
Size
wingspan 22-27 mm
Range
southern California to New Mexico (possible larger range)
Print References
Hodges, R.W. et al. (editors) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E. W. Classey, London, UK.(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems
USGS Lepidoptera of Colorado National Monument list
Moths of Kern County California
Works Cited
1.A revision of the geometrid moths formerly assigned to Drepanulatrix (Lepidoptera)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1949. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 94(5).
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2009 - 1:15pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 9:22pm

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