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Species Prorella leucata - Hodges#7613

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Moth - Prorella leucata Prorella leucata Prolella leucata? - Prorella leucata Geometridae: Eupithecia? - Prorella leucata Eupitheciini - Prorella leucata Eupitheciini - Prorella leucata Eupitheciini - Prorella leucata Eupithecia leucata - Prorella leucata - female
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Larentiinae
Tribe Eupitheciini
Genus Prorella
Species leucata (Prorella leucata - Hodges#7613)

Hodges Number

7613

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Prorella leucata (Hulst, 1896)
Tephroclystia leucata Hulst 1896 (1)

Size

Wingspan about 20 mm. (1)

Identification

Hulst (1896) original description is available online. (1)

Genitalia:
♀

Range

California(2) to Colorado and British Columbia. (3), (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

The main flight period is June to September. (4)

See Also

Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species
George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) of Colorado National Monument (U.S. Geological Survey)
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 September, 2009 - 12:36am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 11 April, 2024 - 12:04pm

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