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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 » Angeronini » Euchlaena

Genus Euchlaena

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
brown moth - Euchlaena Euchlaena? - Euchlaena Obtuse Euchlaena - Euchlaena obtusaria Geometridae: Euchlaena johnsonaria - Euchlaena obtusaria - female Which Euchlaena species? - Euchlaena Moth - Euchlaena muzaria - male Euchlaena johnsonaria - male Euchlaena pectinaria
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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 Angeronini
Genus Euchlaena
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euchlaena Hübner, 1823
Explanation of Names
Presumably from eu- Greek, well/good, plus chlaena, Greek, cloak. (Based on Internet searches.) A well-cloaked moth--the markings do look rather like a cloak thrown over the wings.
Euchlaena is also a genus of grasses, teosinte, believed to be the precursor to maize. (Based on Internet searches.)
Numbers
Nearctica (1) lists 16 North American species in genus.
Range
throughout United States and southern Canada
Print References
Covell, pp. 361-363, plate 51 (2)
Internet References
Maryland Biodiversity Project
Moth Photographers Group
Canadian Biodiversity--18 pinned adult images of 9 species in genus
Works Cited
1.Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 April, 2004 - 6:03am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, marcie oconnor
Last updated 2 February, 2022 - 6:24am

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