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Species Digrammia pervolata - Hodges#6383

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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 Macariini
Genus Digrammia
Species pervolata (Digrammia pervolata - Hodges#6383)
Hodges Number
6383
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Semiothisa pervolata
Size
wingspan approximately 23 mm
Range
Arizona east to southwest Texas and north to Utah, Colorado and Wyoming (1)
See Also
Digrammia aliciata is almost identical but occurs further west in southern California and extreme southwest Utah (1)
Print References
D. C. Ferguson, 2008. MONA Fascicle 17.2: p. 241; pl. 6.13-16.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photographs of living adult and related species for comparison..
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photograph of pinned adult.
Butterflies and Moths of North America - species page with range maps (incomplete)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 9 September, 2009 - 8:25pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 15 December, 2022 - 3:17pm

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