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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 » Ourapterygini » Destutia » Destutia excelsa - Hodges#6883 (Destutia excelsa)

Species Destutia excelsa - Hodges#6883

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Geometer moth? - Destutia excelsa possible? Tetracis jubararia - Destutia excelsa - male Tetracis barnesii - Destutia excelsa - female Destutia sp.? - Destutia excelsa - male Destutia sp.? - Destutia excelsa - male Destutia excelsa - female Destutia excelsa - Destutia excelsa Destutia excelsa? - Destutia excelsa - male
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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 Ourapterygini
Genus Destutia
Species excelsa (Destutia excelsa - Hodges#6883)
Hodges Number
6883
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Destutia excelsa (Strecker, 1878)
Eurymene excelsa Strecker 1878
Synonym
Tetracis paralleliaria (Packard)
Subspecies:
Destutia excelsa simpliciaria (Grote, 1883)
Destutia excelsa olivata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
Size
Forewing length 12-16 mm.(1)
Identification
Range
Arizona to western Texas and north to Utah(2) and Colorado. (3), (4), (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Adults have two flights from mid-May through August.(1)
Food
Larval host is oak, Quercus (Fagaceae).(1)
See Also
Destutia oblentaria
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 30, fig. 13; p. 217. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Lepbarcoding.org
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD (3)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Survey of Utah Moth Species
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 September, 2009 - 12:02am
Last updated 30 April, 2014 - 10:08pm

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