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Species Glena grisearia - Hodges#6445

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · 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 Boarmiini
Genus Glena
Species grisearia (Glena grisearia - Hodges#6445)
Hodges Number
6445
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glena grisearia (Grote, 1883)
Cymatophora grisearia Grote, 1883
Numbers
Ten species of the genus Glena occur in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 15-20 mm.
Identification
Rindge (1965) description is online. (2)
Range
Southern Arizona, southern New Mexico.
Season
Adults fly from April through September
Food
The larval host is oak.
Print References
Rindge, R.H., 1965. A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Glena (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 129(3)(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Glena (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1965. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 129(3).
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Tim Loh on 28 August, 2009 - 2:44pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 January, 2014 - 7:05pm

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